nus

See also: NUS, nús, and nu-s

English

Noun

nus

  1. plural of nu

Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg word. From Proto-Albanian *snutja, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to turn, to spin”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāvan, “band, sinew”).[1]

Noun

nus m

  1. thread, string

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 155

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a deverbal of nusar, from Vulgar Latin *nōdāre, from Latin nōdus. Alternatively, from the plural of nu, from older Old Catalan nuu, from Vulgar Latin *nūdus, alteration of Latin nōdus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Compare Occitan nos, French nœud, Spanish nudo.

Noun

nus m (plural nusos)

  1. knot
  2. tie, bond
    Synonym: lligam
  3. (figurative) core, heart
    el nus de la qüestió ― the heart of the question
  4. (nautical) knot
  5. (anatomy) knuckle
Derived terms

Adjective

nus

  1. masculine plural of nu

References

Chuukese

Noun

nus

  1. remainder
  2. leftover

Fala

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nus/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nus

  1. First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us
Usage notes
  • The form mus is more common in Lagarteiru.
  • Only used in Mañegu when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

See also
Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM		 nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM		 vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese nos, equivalent to en (“in”) +‎ os (masculine plural definite article).

Alternative forms

Contraction

nus m pl (singular nu, feminine na, feminine plural nas)

  1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) in the

References
  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ny/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

nus

  1. masculine plural of nu

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nuəs.

Noun

nus (first-person possessive nusku, second-person possessive nusmu, third-person possessive nusnya)

  1. squid

See also

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nus

  1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)[1]

See also
Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Plural
First yo nus
Second bos bolotu
Third eli olotu

References
  1. 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.

Norman

Adjective

nus

  1. masculine plural of nu

Old French

Pronoun

nus

  1. Alternative form of nos; we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -us

Adjective

nus

  1. masculine plural of nu

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nus

  1. we

Tok Pisin
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Etymology

From English nose.

Noun

nus

  1. (anatomy) nose
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:
      Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.
      →New International Version translation

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *neuŋX (“mother's brother”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nu˩/

Noun

nus

  1. brother (as called by his sister)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 277.
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