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“ну” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1993), “ну”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 8 (не́марач – пая́ць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN, page 46
— Мне немного надо! — говорил он, — курочка есть? — ну, супцу из курочки сварите! Может быть, солонинка есть — солонинки кусочек приготовьте! Жарковца какого-нибудь… вот я и сыт!
— Mne nemnogo nado! — govoril on, — kuročka jestʹ? — nu, supcu iz kuročki svarite! Možet bytʹ, soloninka jestʹ — soloninki kusoček prigotovʹte! Žarkovca kakovo-nibudʹ… vot ja i syt!
‘It’s little enough I need!’ he said. ‘Is there chicken? – well, make a little chicken broth! Perhaps there’s salt beef? – then do a bit of salt beef! And a roast of some sort – for me that will suffice!’
(colloquial)yeah, yep (impolite, sometimes implying a question - so what?)
Тыэ́точита́л? — Ну, и? ― Ty éto čitál? — Nu, i? ― Have you read this? - Yeah, so what?
Further reading
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ну”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress