# nanu
## Afar
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw atén, Oromo nuyi, Saho nanu, Sidamo ninke and Somali annaga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nʌˈnu/
* Hyphenation: na‧nu

### Pronoun

nanú
* we
    Nanú sagá naxigillé. ― We are milking a cow.
** Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nanu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* enanu, ñañu, naniu

### Etymology

From Latin nānus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnanu/ [ˈna.nu]

### Noun

nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)
* dwarf

#### Related terms

* nanismu

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German na (“well”) + nu (“now”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈnuː/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

nanu
* (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
** 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau‎:Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?Well now, what is that plane doing there at so late an hour?

### References

* ↑ 2000, Hans Meyer, Walther Kiaulehn, Siegfried Mauermann, Der richtige Berliner in Wörtern und Redensarten, page 141

## Hula
### Noun

nanu
* water

### References

* A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
* Andrew K. Pawley, Malcolm D. Ross, Austronesian Terminolgies: Continuity and Change (1994), page 458

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnanu/ [ˈnäː.nu]

### Pronoun

nánu
* (interrogative) what

## Keapara
### Noun

nanu
* water

### References

* A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

## Maori
### Etymology

Free variation of ranu, see there for more details.

### Adjective

nanu
* mixed, jumbled
* confusing
* incoherent, inarticulate, unintelligible
* contaminated

### Verb

nanu (passive nanua)
* to express disastifaction, to mumble or murmur

### Noun

nanu
* discontent, dissatisfaction

### Derived terms

* nanunanu
* whakananu

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “nanu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 254
* “nanu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Northern Sami
### Adjective

nanu
* attributive of nanus

## Sinaugoro
### Noun

nanu
* water

### References

* A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

## Tetum
### Verb

nanu
* to sing