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Hawaiian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Particle
nō
- very, quite, indeed Used to intensify the preceding word
Japanese
Romanization
nō
- Rōmaji transcription of のう
- Rōmaji transcription of ノー
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *noa. Cognates include Hawaiian nō and Maori noa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoː/
- Hyphenation: nō
Particle
nō
- Used to express limitation; only, just, the only
References
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 266