nanu
See also: ñañu
Afar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw atén, Oromo nuyi, Saho nanu, Sidamo ninke and Somali annaga.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nanú
- we
- Nanú sagá naxigillé. ― We are milking a cow.
- Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language][1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:
- Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.
- Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.
See also edit
Afar personal pronouns
References edit
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)
Related terms edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Low German na (“well”) + nu (“now”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nanu
- (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
- 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau[3]:
- Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?
- Well now, what is that plane doing there at so late an hour?
References edit
- ^ 2000, Hans Meyer, Walther Kiaulehn, Siegfried Mauermann, Der richtige Berliner in Wörtern und Redensarten, page 141
Hula edit
Noun edit
nanu
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nánu
- (interrogative) what
Keapara edit
Noun edit
nanu
References edit
- A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
Northern Sami edit
Adjective edit
nanu
- attributive of nanus
Sinaugoro edit
Noun edit
nanu
References edit
- A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
Tetum edit
Verb edit
nanu
- to sing