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English
Noun
nus
- plural of nu
Albanian
Etymology
A Gheg word. From Proto-Albanian *snutja, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to turn, to spin”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāvan, “band, sinew”).[1]
Noun
nus m
- thread, string
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly a deverbal of nusar, from Vulgar Latin *nōdāre, from Latin nōdus. Alternatively, from the plural of nu, from older Old Catalan nuu, from Vulgar Latin *nūdus, alteration of Latin nōdus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Compare Occitan nos, French nœud, Spanish nudo.
Noun
nus m (plural nusos)
- knot
- tie, bond
- Synonym: lligam
- (figurative) core, heart
- el nus de la qüestió ― the heart of the question
- (nautical) knot
- (anatomy) knuckle
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
nus
- masculine plural of nu
References
Chuukese
Noun
nus
- remainder
- leftover
Fala
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nus/
- Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: nus
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun
nus
- First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
Usage notes
- The form mus is more common in Lagarteiru.
- Only used in Mañegu when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) + os (masculine plural definite article).
Contraction
nus m pl (singular nu, feminine na, feminine plural nas)
- (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) in the
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
nus
- masculine plural of nu
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nuəs.
Noun
nus (first-person possessive nusku, second-person possessive nusmu, third-person possessive nusnya)
- squid
See also
Kristang
Etymology
From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
Pronoun
nus
- we (first-person plural personal pronoun)[1]
See also
References
- ^ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.
Norman
Adjective
nus
- masculine plural of nu
Old French
Pronoun
nus
- Alternative form of nos; we (first-person plural subject pronoun)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
nus
- masculine plural of nu
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin nōs.
Pronoun
nus
- we
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English nose.
Noun
nus
- (anatomy) nose
1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *neuŋX (“mother's brother”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
nus
- brother (as called by his sister)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.