nanu

== Afar == === Etymology === From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw atén, Oromo nuyi, Saho nanu, Sidamo ninke and Somali annaga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈnu/ [nʌˈnʊ] Hyphenation: na‧nu === Pronoun === nanú we Nanú sagá naxigillé. ― We are milking a cow. ==== 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)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) == Asturian == === Alternative forms === enanu, ñañu, naniu === Etymology === From Latin nānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnanu/ [ˈna.nu] Rhymes: -anu Syllabification: na‧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(key): /naˈnuː/ === Interjection === nanu (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion. === References === == 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(key): /ˈnanu/ [ˈnäː.nu] === Pronoun === nánu (interrogative) what == Keapara == === Noun === nanu water === References === A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895) == Māori == === 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 === === 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