nau

Etymology

Portuguese nau

Noun

nau (plural naus)

1. (now historical) Synonym of carrack
   • 2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World

     Bentley Duncan has even suggested that it was the prospect of trade rather than the doubtful facilities of the dockyard that persuaded so many naus to stop at Mozambique Island.

Anagrams

• Anu, UNA, Una, añu

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

nau f (plural naus)

1. ship

Noun

nau

1. son

Pronoun

nau

1. that

Numeral

nau

1. (cardinal) nine

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naw/

Etymology

From Latin nāvis, nāvem

Noun

nau m (plural naus)

1. (nautical) ship, vessel, watercraft

Etymology

Compare German nun, Dutch nu, English now.

Adverb

nau

1. now

Alternative forms

• nao (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan nau, from Latin nāvis. Compare Spanish nao. Doublet of nave.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnaw/
• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

nau f (plural naus)

1. A three or four-masted sailing ship used all along the 15th century and early 16th
2. vessel
3. carrack

Adjective

nau

1. some

Etymology

From English now

Adverb

nau

1. now
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.