noo

See also: nooʼ and no'o

English

Etymology 1

Old English nū.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuː/

Adverb

noo (not comparable)

(Geordie) now

References

Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Interjection

noo

Elongated form of no.

Anagrams

-oon, ono

Aiwoo

Noun

noo

cloud (white; not rainclouds)

References

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Scots

Alternative forms

nou
now

Etymology

Old English nū.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuː/

Adverb

noo (not comparable)

now
(definite) just now, right now
- 2006, Cecilia Grainger, Bruised Blue:
  Thurs something noh richt here…Zeb widnae jist up an leave athoot telling me…NAW he’ll be here the noo and send you raggle taggle bunch oan yur wae…aye yull be telt ti follow his commands or CLEAR OFF THIS LAND…!
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 406:
  She is in 3rd year, she does no want you, you are no even thirteen.
  
  So? I nearly am.
  
  Aye but ye are no the now.

Tagalog

Noun

noó

(anatomy) forehead; brow

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