noog

English edit

Noun edit

noog (uncountable)

Synonym of niger (“Guizotia abyssinica”)

Alternative forms edit

noug, nug

Anagrams edit

Goon, go on, gono-, goon, no go, no-go, nogo, ongo

German Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German genōch, from Old Saxon ginōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

Akin to Dutch genoeg, Low German genug, English enough, West Frisian genôch, Danish nok, Swedish nog.

The Proto-Germanic word is a compound of the prefix *ga- + unattested *nōgaz. The latter may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, achieve, carry out”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊx/

Determiner edit

noog

(invariable) enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of
Wi hebbt nich noog Geld.
We don't have enough money.

Usage notes edit

nooɡ can never follow an article or another determiner.

Pronoun edit

noog

(invariable) enough, an adequate number or amount
Dat is nooɡ.
That's enough.

Adverb edit

noog

enough, sufficiently, in an adequate way
De Kinner hebbt nooɡ spöölt.
The children have played enough.

White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk (“bird”). Compare Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird, chicken”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /nɒ̃˧˩̤/

Noun edit

noog (classifier: tus)

bird

References edit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 142.