nú

• núgv

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

• IPA^(key): /nʉuː/
• Rhymes: -ʉuː

nú (not comparable)

1. now

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

• IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

nú

1. now

   Synonym: núna

   • Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174

     Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!

     Now we drink to his/her arrival!

   • 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.”

• nútíð
• eins og nú standa sakir

nú (nu², Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑 / 驽
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑

• IPA^(key): /n̪oː/

nú

1. alternative form of nó (“or”)

• ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)

From Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

nú (not comparable)

1. now

• Icelandic: nú, núna
• Faroese: nú, núgv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: no; (chiefly dialectal) nå
• Norwegian Bokmål: nå
• Jamtish: nú
• Elfdalian: nų
• Old Swedish: nū
  • Swedish: nu
• Danish: nu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nu (Riksmål)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “nú”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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nú

1. we (first person plural subject)^[1][2]

• ʔákkó (“what”)
• ʔóo (“who”)

nú (feminine nua, masculine plural nús, feminine plural nuas)

1. misspelling of nu

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínò.

nú

1. tooth