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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin novus.
Adjective
nuf m (feminine núa)
- new
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
nuf f (plural nuffen, diminutive nufje n)
- (derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh
- 1802, Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra, De ridder Don Quichot van Mancha, vol. 2, tr. by Pieter van Woensel, publ. by J. C. Leeuwestyn, 47.
„(...) Hoe durft gij, aschgat en nufje, zulke lastertaal uitſlaan, oordeelen over zulke loflijke boeken als die der ridderſchap! (...)”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Old Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
nuf f (plural nuues)
- Apocopic form of nuue, cloud.
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt. Y uoz de cuerno grãt mucho E ouẏerõ pauor grãt tod el pueblo q̃ era enel albergada.- It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain, and the very mighty blast of a horn, and all the people who were in the camp felt great fear.
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English roof (roof /ruːf/ > nuf, r > n).
Pronunciation
Noun
nuf (nominative plural nufs)
- roof
Declension
declension of nuf
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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