nuar

• nugar

Inherited from Latin nodāre (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *nudāre).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [nuˈaɾ]

nuar (first-person singular present nuo, first-person singular preterite nuí, past participle nuat)

1. (transitive) to tie a knot
2. (transitive) to tie two things together
3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke up, become verklempt

   Se'm nua la gola. ― I'm choking up.

   • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

     Quan era petit i em trobava sol, se'm nuava el cor d'esglai i de dol i m'esfereïen visions estranyes.

     When I was small and found myself alone, my heart was choked with fright and pain and I was terrified by strange visions.

• nus

• “nuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

nuar

1. to destroy, pillage

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005