ню

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

ню • (nju) (Old East Church Slavonic)

1. Prepositional form of ю (ju)
   • 1581, “Matthew 9:18”, in Ostrog Bible:

     дщи моа ныне умретъ.но пришедъ възложи на ню руку свою , и оживетъ·

     dšti moa nyne umretŭ.no prišedŭ vŭzloži na nju ruku svoju , i oživetŭ·

     My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲu]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French nu.

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (art) nude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû).

Noun

ню • (nju) n inan (indeclinable)

1. nu (the Greek letter Ν/ν)

   Synonym: (modern Greek) ни (ni)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *ńuə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲʉː]
• Hyphenation: ню

Noun

ню̄ • (nyū)

1. child, offspring

Derived terms

• ню̄савэ̇й (nyūsawėy°)

 

References

• Pyrerka, A. P., Tereščenko, N. M. (1948) Русско-ненецкий словарь [Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow: Огиз, pages 68, 278
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ню”, in Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014) A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, page 33