nú

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)

1. 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

1. now
   • 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.”

Synonyms

• (now): núna

Derived terms

• nútíð
• eins og nú standa sakir

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nú/

Numeral

nú

1. nine

Mandarin

Romanization

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

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)

Etymology

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

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

Descendants

• 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

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)

1. Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling