nus

nus

1. plural of nu

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]

nus m

1. (regional) thread, string

• pe

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnus]
• Rhymes: -us

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.

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

• nus de pescador
• nus gordià
• nus hongarès
• nus pla

• nuar

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

• “nus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

nus

1. remainder
2. leftover

• IPA^(key): /nus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: nus

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

nus

1. First person plural dative and accusative pronoun; us

• The form mus is more common in Lagarteiru.
• Only used in Mañegu when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

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

• nos (Mañegu)

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

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) in the

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

• IPA^(key): /ny/

• Audio:

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nus

1. masculine plural of nu

• uns

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nuəs.

nus (plural nus-nus)

1. squid

• cumi-cumi
• ikan nus
• sotong

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

nus

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

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

nus

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

• Rhymes: -us

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

From Latin nōs.

nus

1. we

nus

1. indefinite genitive singular of nu

From English nose.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /nu˩/

nus

1. brother (as called by his sister)

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.