nanu

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw atén, Oromo nuyi, Saho nanu, Sidamo ninke and Somali annaga.

• IPA^(key): /nʌˈnu/
• Hyphenation: na‧nu

nanú

1. we

   Nanú sagá naxigillé. ― We are milking a cow.

   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:

     Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.

     Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nanu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• enanu, ñañu, naniu

From Latin nānus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnanu/ [ˈna.nu]
• Rhymes: -anu
• Syllabification: na‧nu

nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

1. dwarf

• nanismu

Borrowed from German Low German na (“well”) + nu (“now”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /naˈnuː/

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nanu

1. (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
   • 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau‎^[3]:

     Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?

     Well now, what is that plane doing there at so late an hour?

nanu

1. water

• 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnanu/ [ˈnäː.nu]

nánu

1. (interrogative) what

nanu

1. water

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

Free variation of ranu, see there for more details.

nanu

1. mixed, jumbled
2. confusing
3. incoherent, inarticulate, unintelligible
4. contaminated

nanu (passive nanua)

1. to express disastifaction, to mumble or murmur

nanu

1. discontent, dissatisfaction

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “nanu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 254
• “nanu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

nanu

1. attributive of nanus

nanu

1. water

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

nanu

1. to sing