nuar

nuar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• nugar

Etymology

From Latin nodāre, present active infinitive of nodō (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *nudāre).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nuˈa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /nuˈaɾ/

Verb

nuar (first-person singular present nuo, past participle nuat)

1. (transitive) to tie a knot
2. (transitive) to tie two things together
3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke up, become verklempt

   Se'm nua la gola. ― I'm choking up.

   • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

     Quan era petit i em trobava sol, se'm nuava el cor d'esglai i de dol i m'esfereïen visions estranyes.

     When I was small and found myself alone, my heart was choked with fright and pain and I was terrified by strange visions.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nuar (first conjugation)

infinitive			nuar
present participle			nuant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nuat		nuada
		plural		nuats		nuades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nuo	nues	nua	nuem	nueu	nuen
	imperfect	nuava	nuaves	nuava	nuàvem	nuàveu	nuaven
	future	nuaré	nuaràs	nuarà	nuarem	nuareu	nuaran
	preterite	nuí	nuares	nuà	nuàrem	nuàreu	nuaren
	conditional	nuaria	nuaries	nuaria	nuaríem	nuaríeu	nuarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nuï	nuïs	nuï	nuem	nueu	nuïn
	imperfect	nués	nuessis	nués	nuéssim	nuéssiu	nuessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	nua	nuï	nuem	nueu	nuïn

Derived terms

• cornuar-se
• nuada
• nuador

 

Related terms

• nus

Further reading

• “nuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Southwestern Dinka

Verb

nuar

1. to destroy, pillage

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005