nono

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English

Noun

nono (plural nonos)

  1. Alternative spelling of no-no

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Venetan nono, from Late Latin nonnus (monk; old person).

Noun

nono m (plural non)

  1. (Luserna) grandfather
    Synonym: èno

Coordinate terms

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ.no/, /no.no/
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Noun

nono m (plural nonos, feminine nounoune)

  1. (Quebec) fool, idiot

Friulian

Etymology

Compare Italian nonno, Venetan nono. Ultimately from Latin nonnus.

Noun

nono m (plural nonos)

  1. grandfather

Synonyms

Galician

Galician numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: nove
    Ordinal (reintegrationist): nono
    Ordinal (standard): noveno
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Multiplier: nónuplo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin novēnus.

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

  1. ninth
    Synonym: noveno

Noun

nono m (plural nonos)

  1. ninth
    Synonym: noveno

Further reading

Garo

Noun

nono

  1. younger sister

Synonyms

Hausa

Etymology

An areal word, perhaps from a Chadic root *nVnV- ("mother"), but also perhaps from Niger-Congo or Cushitic. Compare Sidamo unuuna (breast), Afar angu (breast), Saho angu (breast), Jiiddu eenge (breast), and Iraqw isaangw (nipple, breast).

Pronunciation

Noun

nōnṑ m (possessed form nōnòn)

  1. milk
  2. a woman's breast

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nonnus.

Noun

nono m

  1. grandfather

Italian

Italian numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: nove
    Ordinal: nono
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Adverbial: nove volte
    Multiplier: nonuplo
    Collective: tutti e nove
    Fractional: nono

Etymology

From Latin nōnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural noni, feminine plural none)

  1. (ordinal number) ninth

Noun

nono m (plural noni)

  1. (fractional number) ninth

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *nono; compare Apalaí nono, Trió nono, Panare ano, Akawaio non, Macushi non, Pemon nono, Ye'kwana nono.

Pronunciation

Noun

nono (possessed yinonory)

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 325
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “nono”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 324; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 317

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin nonno.

Noun

nono m (Latin spelling)

  1. grandfather
    Synonyms: papú, granpapa, avuelo

Coordinate terms

Latin

Numeral

nōnō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nōnus

References

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nunuh, from Proto-Austronesian *nunuh. Compare Kulon-Pazeh nunuh and Tsou nunʼu.

Noun

nono

  1. breast

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Italian nonno (grandfather), from Latin nonnus (monk; tutor; old person).

Noun

nono m

  1. grandfather
    Coordinate term: nu'na

References

Nias

Noun

nono

  1. mutated form of ono (child)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: no‧no

Etymology 1

Portuguese numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: nove
    Ordinal: nono, noveno
    Ordinal abbreviation: 9.º
    Multiplier (Brazil): nônuplo
    Multiplier (Portugal): nónuplo
    Fractional: nono, noveno
    Group: noneto

From Old Galician-Portuguese nono, from Latin nōnus.

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

  1. (ordinal number) ninth
    Synonym: noveno

Noun

nono m (plural nonos)

  1. (fractional number) ninth (one of nine parts of a whole)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Venetan nono (grandfather), from Latin nonnus (monk; tutor; old person).

Noun

nono m (plural nonos, feminine nona, feminine plural nonas)

  1. (South Brazil, familiar) grandfather

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nonus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnono/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Syllabification: no‧no

Adjective

nono (feminine nona, masculine plural nonos, feminine plural nonas)

  1. (rare) ninth
    Synonym: noveno

Noun

nono m (plural nonos)

  1. (fractional number, rare) ninth

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-nono (declinable)

  1. fat

Usage notes

Only used of animals; for people, use -nene.

Declension

Tauya

Noun

nono

  1. child

References

  • Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Trió

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *nono. Compare Ye'kwana nono, Macushi non, Panare ano.

Noun

nono

  1. earth, ground

Venetan

Etymology

From Late Latin nonnus. Cognate with Italian nonno.

Noun

nono m (plural noni)

  1. grandfather

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Cimbrian: nono, nóono
  • Portuguese: nono

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV nono
Brazilian standard nono
New Tribes nono

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *nono.

Pronunciation

Noun

nono (possessed nonodü)

  1. earth, soil
  2. earth, world beneath the sky
  3. dry land

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nono”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 289
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “nono”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 187, 189:nono