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Äiwoo
Etymology
From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na qqe, from Proto-Oceanic *na qaqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaqay.
Noun
nuku
- (anatomy) leg, foot
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Chuukese
Verb
nuku
- (transitive) to believe
Estonian
Noun
nuku
- genitive singular of nukk
Fijian
Noun
nuku
- sand
Finnish
Pronunciation
Verb
nuku
- inflection of nukkua:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ŋutu, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq (Compare Tongan ngutu, Tagalog nguso).
Noun
nuku
- snout, beak, mouth
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nuku
- (slang) nothing
- Synonyms: nincs, semmi
Japanese
Romanization
nuku
- Rōmaji transcription of ぬく
Rayón Zoque
Noun
nuku
- leaf-cutter ant
References
- Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 23
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *nuku. Cognates include Maori nuku and Samoan nu'u.
Pronunciation
Noun
nuku
- village, town
1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.- This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.- The God of villages, the God of Tokelau.
- country, place
- homeland
- villagers
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 253