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Romanian
Etymology
From nas + -ău, with stem alterations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəˈnəw/
- Rhymes: -əw
- Hyphenation: nă‧nău
Noun
nănău n (plural nănăuri) (slang or humorous)
- Augmentative of nas (“nose”); schnoz
2014 July 31, /u/Err_Eek, “ Ce loz ghinionist ati tras la loteria genetica? [What unlucky draw did you get in the genetic lottery?]”, in reddit.com/r/Romania, archived from the original on 2023/01/14:Am un nănău mare. Dar nu mă prea deranjează în general, decât uneori când citesc și mă distrage că tot acoperă niște litere.- I got a big schnoz. But in general it doesn’t bother me, except sometimes when I’m reading and it distracts me cause it’s covering certain letters.
2016, Andrei Ciobanu, Suge-o, Ramona! (paperback), Trei, →ISBN, part 5, chapter 5, page 199:Bine măcar că nu am dat cu nasul că asta-mi mai lipsea, să-mi mai sparg o dată nănăul.- I luckily didn’t hit my nose—that would’ve been the last thing I needed, to break my schnoz again.
2017 June 27, Ioana Pelehatăi, “Cum l-a influențat cocaina pe Sigmund Freud [How cocaine influenced Sigmund Freud]”, in Vice Romania, translation of original by Scott Oliver, archived from the original on 2017/06/27:[…] în care specula că nasul este un microcosmos al corpului și că orice boală poate fi tratată prin identificarea locului care-i corespunde în nănăul proverbial și aplicarea acolo de cocaină […]- in which he speculated that the nose is a microcosm of the body and that any disease may be treated through the identification of the spot in the proverbial schnoz that it corresponds to and the application of cocaine thereunto
2020 May 18, /u/miscellaneousRobot, “Barosan de Barosan [A real baller]”, in reddit.com/r/Romania, archived from the original on 2023/01/13:Să-și pună masca peste nănău cum trebuie în pula mea.- He should put his mask on properly over the nose for fuck’s sake.
2021, Ioana Diaconu-Mureșan, “Basmul despre cele trei mașini povestitoare ale regelui Genialon [Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines of King Genius]”, in Ciberiada (ebook), Bucharest: Curtea Veche, translation of The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem, →ISBN:Acesta al cincilea era îmbrăcat cu un fel de giubea de croială demodată, zmeurie, cu guler înalt la gât și tichie cu pană; era burtos și avea ditamai nănăul, iar gura schimonosită de frică mormăia ceva ininteligibil.- The fifth was dressed in a sort of raspberry-coloured robe of dated cut, with high collar and a feathered cap; he was paunchy and had a great schnoz, and his mouth, contorted by fear, was mumbling something unintelligible.
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