# nus
## 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”).

### Noun

nus m
* (regional) thread, string

#### Related terms

* pe

### 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

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnus]
* Rhymes: -us

### 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

* nus de pescador
* nus gordià
* nus hongarès
* nus pla

##### Related terms

* nuar

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

nus
* masculine plural of nu

### References

* “nus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “nus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “nus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “nus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chuukese
### Noun

nus
* remainder
* leftover

## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

Dialects:  $^L$ Lagarteiru   $^M$ Mañegu   $^V$ Valverdeñu

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ os (masculine plural definite article).

#### Alternative forms

* nos (Mañegu)

#### 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

* IPA: /ny/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

nus
* masculine plural of nu

### Anagrams

* uns

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nuəs.

### Noun

nus (plural nus-nus)
* squid

#### See also

* cumi-cumi
* ikan nus
* sotong

## 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)

### See also

Kristang personal pronouns :
| Person | Singular | Plural |
| First | yo | nus |
| Second | bos | bolotu |
| Third | eli | olotu |

### 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

* Rhymes: -us

### 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:Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.→New International Version translation

## White Hmong
### Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *neuŋX (“mother's brother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu˩/

### 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.