nū

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Hawaiian

Noun

nū

  1. grunt
  2. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

Verb

nū

  1. (intransitive) to cough
  2. (intransitive) to roar

Japanese

Romanization

nū

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ヌー

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

  • nu (Western, Southeastern)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.[1]

Noun

nū f (Northeastern)

  1. wooden aqueduct
  2. mill water conduit

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu³³/

Particle

nū

  1. (Patsho) okay(used to give an affirmative response.)
    Ngǖ ōh nū tǖ thò nyè..
    I said yes.
    Ngǖ ōh chai naih-oh apa-oh nū tǖ thò nyè..
    She said yes when I proposed her.
    Apa-oh apong-i va kü hei nyu naih-oh ngü-oh nū tǖ thò nyè..
    I said okay when she broke up with me.

Mandarin

Romanization

nū (nu1, Zhuyin ㄋㄨ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莻
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