# nu
## English
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /njuː/
* (General American) IPA: /nu/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uː

#### Noun

nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus)
* The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
* A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.

##### Derived terms

* ephelcystic nu
* movable nu
* nu movable

##### See also

* (Greek-script letter names) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu).

#### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /nu/

#### Interjection

nu
* (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
* (Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Phonetic respelling of new.

#### Adjective

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)
* (slang spelling) new

##### Derived terms

* nu-disco
* nu gaze
* nu-house
* nu jazz
* nu-male
* nu metal
* nu skool
* NuTrek
* NuWho

### See also

* chu-ko-nu
* nu body
* sheng nu

### Anagrams

* 'un, -un-, U.N., UN, Un, un, un-

## Ainu
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Verb

nu (Kana spelling ヌ)
* (transitive) to hear
* (transitive) to sense (a smell)
* (possibly obsolete, transitive, + otta) to ask, enquire

#### Derived terms

* inu (“to listen”)

## Äiwoo
### Verb

nu
* to drink

### 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.

## Ajië
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

### Noun

nu
* coconut

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn), Old High German nu (“now”).

### Adverb

nu
* when

#### Related terms

* ni

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nu”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 301

## Alemannic German
### Pronunciation

* (Zürich) IPA: /nu/

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German nūn, from Middle High German niuwan, variant of niuwar, from Old High German niwāri. Cognate with German nur.

#### Alternative forms

* no, nun, nur
* nume

#### Adverb

nu
* only

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu. Cognate with German nun.

#### Alternative forms

* nuu

#### Adverb

nu
* now
    Synonym: jetz

### Etymology 3

Historical or dialectal variants.

#### Adverb

nu
* Alternative form of no

## Ama
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Noun

nu
* house

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Latin nōn. Compare Romanian nu.

### Adverb

nu
* no
* not

### Interjection

nu
* no

#### Antonyms

* ie / e

## Au
### Noun

nu
* tree

### References

* Scorza, David. Au language word, phrase, clause. Ms. 82pp. (1976)

## Blagar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Numeral

nu
* one

### References

* W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
* Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u

### Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)
* nude, naked
* (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

#### Derived terms

* nuesa
* nudista

## Czech
### Interjection

nu
* (dated) expresses prompting
    Nu pojď! ― Come on!
* (dated) expresses agreement and participation in a conversation
    Synonyms: tak, no, nó
* (dated) expresses consolation (esp. to a child)

### Further reading

* “nu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “nu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dalmatian
### Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

#### Numeral

nu
* nine

### Etymology 2

From Latin nōs.

#### Pronoun

nu
* (second-person plural pronoun) we

##### Related terms

* noi

#### See also

* ju
* te
* jal, jala
* vu
* jali, jale

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with English now.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/, [nu]

### Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)
* now (present time), present (current time)
* moment
* instant

### Adverb

nu
* now

#### Synonyms

* lige nu
* med det samme
* med det vuns
* omgående
* straks
* øjeblikkelig

### Conjunction

nu
* now

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ny/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -y

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

#### Adverb

nu
* now, at the present moment
    Kom je nu of morgen?Will you be coming now or tomorrow?
* now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)
    Wat is er nu weer dan?What is it now?

##### Synonyms

* nou
* thans
* heden

##### Descendants

* Negerhollands: nue, nu, noe, nou
* Skepi Creole Dutch: nou

#### Conjunction

nu
* now (that)
    Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû). Doublet of noen.

#### Noun

nu m (plural nu's, diminutive nuutje n)
* n (letter of the Greek alphabet)

### Further reading

* nu on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## East Central German
### Etymology

From Sorbian or Czech. Cf. no.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɵ/

### Adverb

nu
* (Upper Saxon) yes

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

### Adverb

nu
* now, at this time

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin (compare Polish no).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nu]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: nu

### Interjection

nu
* well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)
    Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.Well, he said he doesn't want to go to the party.

## Ewe
### Noun

nu
* mouth

## French
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

#### Adjective

nu (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)
* (person): naked, nude
* (body, tree): bare

##### Derived terms

* à main nue / à mains nues
* à l’œil nu
* à poings nus
* cul nu
* demi-nu
* mettre à nu
* nu comme un ver
* pieds nus
* torse nu
* vérité toute nue

#### Noun

nu m (plural nus)
* (art) nude

##### Descendants

* → Russian: ню (nju)
* → Ukrainian: ню (nju)

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû).

#### Noun

nu m (plural nu or nus)
* nu (Greek letter)

### Further reading

* “nu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* un

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Cognate with Portuguese nu.

### Adjective

nu (feminine núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)
* naked, nude
* bare, barren

#### Related terms

* nudez

## Gaulish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

### Pronunciation

IPA: [nu]

### Adverb

nu
* now

## German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without a final -n remained common in some dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nû.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

#### Adverb

nu
* (colloquial or archaic) Alternative form of nun

##### Derived terms

* im Nu

#### Interjection

nu
* (colloquial or archaic) Alternative form of nun

### Etymology 2

From a Slavic dialect, probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano (“yes”), Polish no (“yeah; well”), Russian ну (nu, “yeah; well”). In the sense of a filled pause touching on etymology 1 above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɵ]

#### Interjection

nu
* (colloquial, regional, Saxony) yes; yeah; expresses agreement or understanding
* (colloquial, regional, Saxony) well; fills pause

## Gothic
### Romanization

nu
* Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

## Iaai
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n̪u/

### Noun

nu
* coconut palm

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ну (nu).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnu/, [ˈnu]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnu/, [ˈnu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: nu

### Interjection

nu
* Synonym of no (“well”)

### References

* Elena Markus (2024) “Syntax and functions of the Ingrian discourse particles no and nu”, in Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri, volume 15, number 1, pages 155-186

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: nù

### Noun

nu m or f (invariable)
* the name of the letter N

### Anagrams

* -un-, un, un'

## Japanese
### Romanization

nu
* The hiragana syllable ぬ (nu) or the katakana syllable ヌ (nu) in Hepburn romanization.

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese nós.

### Pronoun

nu
* we

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

## Kamkata-viri
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu/

### Numeral

nu (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)
* nine

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “n′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Kosraean
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñiuʀ. Compare Pohnpeian nih, Fijian niu, Tongan niu, Hawaiian niu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Noun

nu
* coconut

## Kusunda
### Pronoun

nu
* you (second-person singular pronoun)

### References

* David E. Watters (2006) “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, in Himalayan Linguistics‎, page 44

## Latvian
### Particle

nu
* well
    Nu labi! ― Very well!
* now
    Ko nu? ― What now?

### Interjection

nu
* well
    Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

## Mandarin
### Romanization

nu
* Nonstandard spelling of nú.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
* Nonstandard spelling of nù.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǘ.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǜ.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Mauritian Creole
### Pronoun

nu
* Alternative spelling of nou

### See also
## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Adverb

nu
* now, currently
** 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:Si maken bekent die nu sien ende wesen selenThey make known to those who are now and will be
* today
* here
* just now

#### Descendants

* Dutch: nu
* Limburgish: noe

### Conjunction

nu
* now that
* since, because

#### Descendants

* Dutch: nu
* Limburgish: noe

### Further reading

* “nu”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nu (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Adverb

nu
* Alternative spelling of nou

## Muong
### Etymology

Cognate with Vietnamese nâu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu¹/

### Adjective

nu
* (Mường Bi) brown

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* 'nu
* n'

### Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Article

nu m sg
* a, an

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

### Adjective

nu m
* (Jersey) bare

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈnuː/

### Adverb

nū
* so, thus, like that
* so, to that extent

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuer, definite plural nuene)
* a trough

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse nú.

#### Adverb

nu
* (archaic or dialectal) now; Alternative form of nå

#### Interjection

nu
* Alternative form of nå

#### Noun

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)
* Alternative form of nå

### References

* “nu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuar, definite plural nuane)
* a trough

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse nú.

#### Adverb

nu
* (dialectal) now; Alternative form of no

#### Interjection

nu
* Alternative form of no

#### Noun

nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)
* Alternative form of no

### References

* “nu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Adverb

nū
* now
** wat unbidan we nu?what are we waiting for now?

#### Derived terms

* sinū

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: nu
** Dutch: nu
** Limburgish: noe

#### Further reading

* “nū (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* nuu — Northumbrian

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

### Adverb

nū
* now
    Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.I'm in the kitchen right now.
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul"
    Nerō cwæþ, "Hwæt is nū, Simōn? Iċ wēne wit sind oferswīðde."Nero said, "What is it now, Simon? I think we've been defeated."
* just (in the sense "recently")
    Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.I was just in the kitchen.
* since
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
    Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
    Þȳ iċ wundriġe hwȳ þū ne mæġe onġietan þæt þū eart nū ġīet swīðe ġesǣliġ, nū þū ġīet leofast and eart hāl.So I wonder why you can't understand that you're still very lucky, since you're still alive and healthy.
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
    Nu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...

#### Derived terms

* nū rihte

#### Related terms

* nūna

#### Descendants

* Middle English: nou, noue, nowe, nu, no, neue, niu, noug, nough, nuge
** English: now
** Geordie English: noo
** Scots: nou, noo
** Yola: neow, nowe, now

### Conjunction

nū
* now that

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin nūdus.

### Adjective

nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)
* naked

### Adverb

nu m (feminine nue)
* naked

#### Descendants

* Middle French: nu, nud
** French: nu

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Adverb

nū
* now
* since

#### References

Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* नु (Devanagari script)
* নু (Bengali script)
* නු (Sinhalese script)
* နု or ၼု (Burmese script)
* นุ (Thai script)
* ᨶᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ນຸ (Lao script)
* នុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit नु (nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

### Particle

nu
* then, now

## Pará Arára
### Alternative forms

* idinu (titi monkey)
* nugu (capuchin monkey)
* nuptu (squirrel monkey)
* næ (tortoise)
* nũ (howler monkey)
* nɯnu (coati)
* pinu (agouti)
* pɔnu (trumpeter)
* tɔnu (peccary or dog)
* unu (spider monkey)
* winu (curassow)
* ɛŋnanu (macaw)
* ɛŋnaɾanu (toucan)

### Noun

nu
* tumour; abscess

### References

* 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

## Phalura
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

#### Pronoun

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)
* it
* he
* this one (prox masc nom)

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “nu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

#### Determiner

nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)
* this (agr: prox nom masc)

#### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “nu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Plautdietsch
### Adverb

nu
* now

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈnu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: nu

### Interjection

nu
* quick!, forward!
* (dialectal, Far Masovian) Alternative form of no (“yes”)
    Umniés pisać? Nu ale umniem. (Far Masovian) ― Can you write? Yes I can.

### Further reading

* nu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* M. Arcta Słownik ilustrowany języka polskiego/Nu! on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource $^{pl}$
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “nu”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 116

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* nú (misspelling)
* nù (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdum. Compare Galician nu, Italian nudo, French nu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: nu

### Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas)
* naked, nude

#### Derived terms

* desnuar
* nu-proprietário
* nuamente
* nuidade
* pôr a nu

#### Related terms

* denudação
* denudar
* denudável
* desnudar
* nudação
* nudez
* nudeza
* nudicaule
* nudípede
* nudismo
* nudista

## Prasuni
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/ (tone class A)

### Numeral

nu (Pronz)
* nine

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “nu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* ну (nu) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin nōn. Compare Aromanian nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -u
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

nu
* no
* not

#### Usage notes

Romanian features the double negative. Nu is stressed within a normal sentence, but in a double negative construction is left unstressed in favour of the other negative component.
In speech—even in moderately formal contexts—nu is elided before verbs beginning with a, most notably the past perfect auxiliary avea.
Likewise, nu triggers prodelision before words (of any part of speech) beginning with î. Elision and prodelision are orthographically marked with a hyphen where no line break may occur.
In these cases, the syllable following the n of nu takes the sentence stress, which is stronger than the primary stress of the negated word.

#### Antonyms

* da

### References

* nu in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Saterland Frisian
### Interjection

nu
* well

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Conjunction

nu (Cyrillic spelling ну)
* (Croatia) but
* (Croatia) however

#### Synonyms

* ȁli, no, nut

## Shuar
### Determiner

nu
* that, those

### References

* Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

## Sicilian
### Article

nu m sg
* (indefinite) a, an

#### Usage notes

Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

### See also
## South Slavey
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nù(ʔ)]
* Hyphenation: nu

### Noun

nu (stem -nu-)
* Ford Liard form of ndu

#### Inflection

$^{1)}$ Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. $^{2)}$ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

### References

* Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11

## Sumerian
### Romanization

nu
* Romanization of 𒉡 (nu)

## Sundanese
### Etymology

Shortening of anu.

### Article

nu (Sundanese script ᮔᮥ)
* An article that denotes a noun.
    nu nyaho ― those who know
* An article that denotes ownership.
    Ieu nu urang, lain? ― This one's mine, right?

### Pronoun

nu (Sundanese script ᮔᮥ)
* which
    Nu mana? ― Which one?

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nʉː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʉː

### Adverb

nu (not comparable)
* now, at this moment

### References

* nu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* nu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* nu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tày
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ. Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Zhuang nou, Saek หนู่.

### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [nu˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [nu˦˥]

### Noun

nu (𪺹, 𮮬)
* (zoology) mouse

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

## Tetum
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

### Noun

nu
* coconut

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English new.

### Adjective

nu
* new
* fresh

## Tooro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Determiner

-nu
* this, these (proximal demonstrative determiner)

#### Derived terms

* leero nu (“now, today”)

#### See also

* -li (“that (distal demonstrative determiner)”)

### References

* Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 405

## Volapük
### Adverb

nu
* now

#### Derived terms

* nuik

## Waigali
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnu/

### Numeral

nu (Nisheigram)
* nine

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “nu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Wauja
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu/

### Pronoun

nu
* me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
    Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!
       Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!
    Puputatain nu kuapi.
       Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.

#### Related terms

* natu (I,me, my, mine)

### References

* E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.

## Wolof
### Pronoun

nu
* we (first-person plural object pronoun)

#### See also

| | singular subject | plural subject | singular object | plural object |
| 1st person | man | nun | ma | nu |
| 2nd person | yow | yeen | la | leen |
| 3rd person | moom | ñoom | ko | leen |

## Zia
### Pronoun

nu
* he
* she

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu˧/

### Noun

nu
* mother

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45