nanu

See also: ñañu

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

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 is that plane doing there 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)

Northern Sami

Adjective

nanu

  1. attributive of nanus

Sinaugoro

Noun

nanu

  1. water

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