nanu

See also: ñañu

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nānus.

Noun

nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

  1. dwarf

German

Etymology

From Low German na (“well”) +‎ nu (“now”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈnuː/

Interjection

nanu

  1. (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
    • 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau‎:
      Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?
      Well now, what are the planes doing at so late an hour?

References

  1. ↑ 2000, Hans Meyer, Walther Kiaulehn, Siegfried Mauermann, Der richtige Berliner in Wörtern und Redensarten, page 141

Hula

Noun

nanu

  1. 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): /naˈnu/

Pronoun

nanu

  1. (interrogative) what

Keapara

Noun

nanu

  1. water

References

  • A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Sinaugoro

Noun

nanu

  1. water

References

  • A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
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