nú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
Faroese
Alternative forms
- núgv
Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʉuː/
- Rhymes: -ʉuː
Adverb
nú (not comparable)
- now
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Adverb
nú
- now
- Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174
- Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!
- Now we drink to his/her arrival!
- Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
- kallar á nafna sinn:
- „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
- hrygg og gæruskinn.“
- Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
- krummi nafni minn.
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- calling his namesake:
- ‘I found the head of a ram,
- backbone and sheepskin.’
- Come now and peck with me,
- Krummi, my namesake.”
- Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174
Synonyms
- (now): núna
Derived terms
- nútíð
- eins og nú standa sakir
Mandarin
Romanization
nú (nu2, Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑, 驽.
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Adverb
nú (not comparable)
- now
Descendants
- Icelandic: nú, núna
- Faroese: nú, núgv
- Norwegian Bokmål: nå
- Norwegian Nynorsk: no
- Jamtish: nú
- Elfdalian: nų
- Westrobothnian: nu, nöuw
- Old Swedish: nū
- Swedish: nu
- Danish: nu
- Norwegian Bokmål: nu
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Portuguese
Adjective
nú (feminine nua, masculine plural nús, feminine plural nuas)
- Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling