nó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese noo, from Latin nōdus. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”), compare English knot and its Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Noun

nó m (plural nós)

1. knot (looping of a flexible material)

   Synonyms: lazada, lazo

2. node (a knot, knob, protuberance or swelling)

   Synonym: broulla

3. gnarl
4. knot (whorl left in lumber)
5. knot (unit of speed)
6. hub (point where many routes meet)

Derived terms

• nó da gorxa
• nó gordiano

References

• “nó” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nó” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nó” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Japanese 能 (nō, literally “ability”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoː]

Noun

nó (uncountable)

1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *now- (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ˠoː/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /n̪ˠuː/

Conjunction

nó

1. or

Derived terms

• nó go

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• no, nú

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *now- (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈oː/

Conjunction

nó

1. or

Descendants

• Irish: nó
• Manx: ny
• Scottish Gaelic: no, neo

Etymology 2

Cognate with Latin navis and Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs) from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Noun

nó f

1. boat

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
nó also nnó after a proclitic	nó pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	nó also nnó after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “nó”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese noo, from Latin nodus, from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ/

Noun

nó m (plural nós)

1. knot

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare Proto-Katuic *ɗɔɔ (“he, she, it”) (whence Pacoh do).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɔ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɔ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɔ˦˥]

Pronoun

nó • (奴, 伮)

1. (informal, disrespectful) he; him; she; her

   Thằng Tèo đi đâu rồi?
   Chắc nó đi chơi với gái rồi.
   Con Mực đi đâu rồi?
   Chắc nó cũng đi kiếm gái luôn.
   Thế còn con Tũn?
   Nó thì tao chịu.

   Where's Tèo (a boy)?
   He's probably going out with girls.
   Where's Blacky (a dog)?
   He's probably looking for bitches, too.
   What about Tũn (a girl)?
   Dunno about her.

2. (literary, fiction, narratology, disrespectful or familiar) he; him; she; her (used by the author when talking about a young person (especially the protagonist) or a non-human animal)
3. (literary) it
   • 2012, Ruelle, Joe, Ngược chiều vun vút [Whooshing toward the Other Way]‎^[1], page 234:

     Ý tôi không phải “phương Đông – phương Tây” là cách phân chia văn hoá vô tác dụng. Bản thân tôi hay nói “người Tây” thích thế nọ, muốn thế kia – đặc biệt khi so sánh với người Việt. Mặc dù không chính xác lắm nhưng cách đó tiết kiệm thời gian cho người viết lẫn người đọc. Nó súc tích, gòn gọn, đẹp mắt, lôgíc.
     Nhưng cũng hơi thiếu.

     I do not mean that the “Eastern – Western” categorization of cultures is invalid. I often find myself saying “Westerners” like this, want that – especially when comparing with Vietnamese people. Albeit not very accurate, that way [of categorization] doesn’t take much of the writers and the readers’ time [to describe and to understand]. It’s concise, succinct, sightly, logical.
     But also a little imperfect.

Usage notes

• The term is de facto used to refer to any animal (including the human) in the third person, in a disrespectful manner. The use of the term to translate the English it, or to refer to an inanimate object, is rather artificial, and mostly found in awkward (but common) translation of other languages.

Derived terms

• bọn nó; chúng nó; tụi nó (“they; them”)

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Yaweyuha

Noun

nó

1. water

References

• Yaweyuha Organised Phonology Data (2011), page 3