nuf

nuf

See also: nûf

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin novus.

Adjective

nuf m (feminine núa)

1. new

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʏf/

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• Hyphenation: nuf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Noun

nuf f (plural nuffen, diminutive nufje n)

1. (derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh
   • 1802, Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra, De ridder Don Quichot van Mancha, vol. 2, tr. by Pieter van Woensel, publ. by J. C. Leeuwestyn, 47.

     „(...) Hoe durft gij, aschgat en nufje, zulke lastertaal uitſlaan, oordeelen over zulke loflijke boeken als die der ridderſchap! (...)”

Derived terms

• nuffig
• nufje dundoek

Descendants

• → West Frisian: nufke

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Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuɸ]

Noun

nuf f (plural nuves)

1. Apocopic form of nuve; a cloud.
   • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.

     Fue el dia ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.

     On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English roof (roof /ruːf/ > nuf, r > n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuf]

Noun

nuf (plural nufs)

1. roof

Declension

declension of nuf

	singular	plural
nominative	nuf	nufs
genitive	nufa	nufas
dative	nufe	nufes
accusative	nufi	nufis
vocative 1	o nuf!	o nufs!
predicative 2	nufu	nufus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from "nuf"

• barakanuf
• bledamanufäd
• disnufaspadäd
• feledamanufed
• glüganuf
• jelädanuf
• lokädanufed
• mistomanufül
• nufabem
• nufabemem
• nufaglät
• nufalucem
• nufam
• nufaribäd
• nufaribädaboad
• nufaribädakap
• nufaribädastab

• nufaribädem
• nufaribädemibum
• nufaribädik
• nufaslet
• nufäd
• nufed
• nufihitegan
• nufijitegan
• nufitegan
• nufitegön
• nufön
• nufül
• platedanuf
• ridanuf
• stolanuf
• tonanufäd