nó

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *núwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nó/

Numeral

nó

1. nine

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German noch, from Old High German noh, from Proto-Germanic *nuh (“now and; yet, still”). Cognate with German noch.

Adverb

nó

1. (Luserna) still, yet (up to and including a given time)

   Balz tondart in aprìle soinda nó hintar noün tang bintar.

   When it thunders in April, there is still nine more days of winter.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noo, from Latin nōdus. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”), compare English knot and its Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Noun

nó m (plural nós)

1. knot (looping of a flexible material)

   Synonyms: lazada, lazo

2. node (a knot, knob, protuberance or swelling)

   Synonym: broulla

3. gnarl
4. knot (whorl left in lumber)
5. knot (unit of speed)
6. hub (point where many routes meet)

Derived terms

• nó da gorxa
• nó gordiano
• noelo

References

• “nó” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “nó” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nó” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

 nó on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 能 (nō, literally “ability”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -noː

Noun

nó (uncountable)

1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *nowe (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoː/
• (Cork, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠɔː/

Conjunction

nó

1. or

Particle

nó

1. No meaning of its own; only used in nó go (“until”) and its derivatives.

References

Masurian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ano or anó?”) Compare Polish no.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Syllabification: nó

Particle

nó

1. expressive particle
2. used to call a horse or cow
3. used to drive away sheep

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “no”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 340-341

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• nóe

Etymology

From Old Irish nau, from Proto-Celtic *nāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

nó f (genitive nóe)

1. boat

Descendants

• Irish: nae

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 nó, noe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mirandese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Adverb

nó

1. no

References

“nó” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• no, nú

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowe (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou); nowadays derived from Proto-Indo-European *ne-we, from *ne (“not”) +‎ *-wē (“or”), literally “or not”. Compare Latin nēve, which was formed identically.

Stokes derives it from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), but in a later publication, prefers *nu (“and, now”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈oː/

Conjunction

nó (abbreviated ꝉ)

1. or

Descendants

• Irish: nó
• Manx: ny
• Scottish Gaelic: no, neo

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese noo, from Latin nodus, from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Doublet of nodo.

Pronunciation

Noun

nó m (plural nós)

1. knot

Derived terms

• nódulo

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Probably originally a variant of nọ (“that yonder”).

For semantic relationship, compare French il, Spanish él (and other reflexes of Latin ille), Macedonian тој (toj), Japanese 彼 (kare), Turkish o.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Pronoun

nó • (奴, 伮)

1. (impolite, colloquial) he; him; she; her

   Thằng Tèo đi đâu rồi?
   Chắc nó đi chơi với gái rồi.
   Con Mực đi đâu rồi?
   Chắc nó cũng đi kiếm gái luôn.
   Thế còn con Tũn?
   Nó thì tao chịu.

   Where's Tèo (a boy)?
   He's probably going out with girls.
   Where's Blacky (a dog)?
   He's probably looking for bitches, too.
   What about Tũn (a girl)?
   Dunno about her.

2. (literary, fiction, narratology, disrespectful or familiar) he; him; she; her (used by the author when talking about a young person (especially the protagonist) or a non-human animal)
3. (literary) it
   • 2012, Joe Ruelle, Ngược chiều vun vút [Whooshing toward the Other Way]‎, page 234:

     Ý tôi không phải “phương Đông – phương Tây” là cách phân chia văn hoá vô tác dụng. Bản thân tôi hay nói “người Tây” thích thế nọ, muốn thế kia – đặc biệt khi so sánh với người Việt. Mặc dù không chính xác lắm nhưng cách đó tiết kiệm thời gian cho người viết lẫn người đọc. Nó súc tích, gòn gọn, đẹp mắt, lôgíc.
     Nhưng cũng hơi thiếu.

     I do not mean that the “Eastern – Western” categorization of cultures is invalid. I often find myself saying “Westerners” like this, want that – especially when comparing with Vietnamese people. Albeit not very accurate, that way doesn’t take much of the writers and the readers’ time . It’s concise, succinct, sightly, logical.
     But also a little inadequate.

4. (colloquial) it, used to refer to inanimate objects when accompanied by topic-comment structure

   Cái ghế này nó gãy rồi.

   This chair is broken

   (literally, “This chair, it broke.”)

Usage notes

• The term is used to refer to any animal (including the human) in the third person, in a casual or disrespectful manner. In usual conversation, the use of pronouns such as anh ấy, cô ấy and the likes when referring to one's peer or younger people would probably sound stiff and artificial (as if from reading a translation). When referring to one's superior or older people, the usage of these pronouns is less marked while the use of nó becomes disrespectful.
• The use of the term to translate the English it, or to refer to an inanimate object, in many cases, is rather artificial, and mostly found in awkward (but common) translations of other languages.

Derived terms

• bọn nó; chúng nó; tụi nó (“they; them”)

Yaweyuha

Noun

nó

1. water

References

• Yaweyuha Organised Phonology Data (2011), page 3