nuo

See also: nuó, nûo, nuǒ, nuò, nûo, and Nuo

Catalan

Verb

nuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of nuar

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Νν	Previous:	muo
	Next:	ksio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû, “the letter Ν”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo/
• Hyphenation: nu‧o
• Rhymes: -uo

Noun

nuo (accusative singular nuon, plural nuoj, accusative plural nuojn)

1. nu

Finnish

Alternative forms

• nuot (archaic, colloquial)
• noi (colloquial)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noo, from Proto-Uralic *no. Related to Karelian nuo, Estonian noo (southern dialect), Erzya нонат (nonat), Eastern Mari нуно (nuno) and Northern Sami nuvt (“about”); possible cognates in Samoyedic but relations are indistinguishable from relations to other n-pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯/, [ˈnuo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): nuo

Pronoun

nuo (plural, stem noi-)

1. (demonstrative) nominative plural of tuo: those (objects pointed at by the speaker)

Determiner

nuo

1. nominative plural of tuo: those (pointed at by the speaker)

Usage notes

See the usage notes under tuo.

Declension

• Case suffixes are regular and the stem is invariant. The comitative is quite infrequently used, but the abessive forms are practically never used. The instructive plural is used but rather as an adverb.

Declension of tuo (type 19/suo) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative tuo nuo superessive tuolla – genitive tuon noiden noitten delative tuolta – partitive tuota noita sublative tuonne – accusative tuo, tuon nuo lative – – inessive tuossa noissa temporal tuolloin – elative tuosta noista causative – – illative tuohon noihin multiplicative – – adessive tuolla noilla distributive – – ablative tuolta noilta temp. dist. – – allative tuolle noille prolative – – essive tuona noina situative – – translative tuoksi noiksi oppositive – – abessive (tuotta) (noitta) instructive – noin comitative – noine

Descendants

• Kven: nuot

See also

Finnish demonstratives

	proximal	distal	neutral
singular	tämä	tuo	se
plural	nämä	nuo	ne
*) See the usage notes at tuo for the difference between se and tuo.

Further reading

• “nuo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin novus.

Adjective

nuo m sg (plural nua)

1. new

Antonyms

• viecio

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English know.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɔ/

Verb

nuo

1. to know
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:3:

     Wen unu a gi we notn, no bada mek unu lef an nuo wa unu rait an a du

     But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

   • 2015, The Open Grammar Project, A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican‎^[2]:

     Mi nuo di man.

     I know the man.

Further reading

• nuo at majstro.com

Karelian

Regional variants of nuo

North Karelian (Viena)	nuo
South Karelian (Tver)	nuo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noo. Cognates include Finnish nuo and Ingrian noot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯/
• Hyphenation: nuo

Determiner

nuo

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) those

Pronoun

nuo

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) those

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of nuo (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuo	nuo
genitive	tuon	noijen
partitive	tuota	noita
illative	tuoh	noih
inessive	tuošša	noissa
elative	tuošta	noista
adessive	tuolla	noilla
ablative	tuolta	noilta
translative	tuokši	noiksi
essive	tuona	noina
comitative	—	noineh
abessive	tuotta	noitta

See also

Karelian demonstratives
	proximate	medial	distal
singular	tämä	še	tuo
plural	nämä	ne	nuo
In South Karelian, the medial determiners are used instead of the distal series. Dialectally, the determiners are used as in North Karelian, distinguishing all three series.

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “nuo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “nuo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō; compare Latvian nò (“from”), Old Prussian no, na (“onto, against, over”), Proto-Slavic *na (“on, to”). In East Baltic the meaning somehow switched from "movement onto" to "movement away". Often connected with Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, along”) ἄνω (ánō, “upwards”) Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬀 (ana), Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐎠 (a-n-a /⁠anā⁠/, “upwards, along”) < Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). A similar Balto-Slavic loss of initial *a can be seen in põ (“under, after”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuə/

Preposition

nuõ (with genitive)

1. (with genitive) (away) from, off, out of (movement or position away from; separation from)

   Bė́gau tolỹn nuo šitõs vietõs. ― I ran far away from this place.

   Kū̃dikis nukrìto nuo lóvos. ― My baby fell out of bed.

   Jõ dárbas nuo namų̃ nutõlęs apiẽ 30 km. ― His work is about 30 km removed from his home.

   Nuo kurios pusės pradėti pjauti žolę? ― Which is the side to begin with in mewing the grass?

2. (with genitive) from; since; due to (indicates the origin, start or cause)

   Darýsime vìską nuo pradžiõs ikì gãlo. ― We'll do everything from start to finish.

   Výrauja núomonė, kàd pil̃vas áuga nuo alaũs. ― There is a prevailing view that the belly grows due to beer.

3. (with genitive) for, of; against (indicates purpose)

   Kokiùs váistus tùrite nuo dantų̃ skaũsmo? ― What medicine do you have for toothache?

   Añt grindų̃ lìko kelì tuštì bùteliai nuo alaũs. ― Some empty bottles of beer were left on the floor.

4. (with genitive) from, on behalf of

   Pérduok jám linkė́jimus nuo manę̃s. ― Say hi to him from me.

Derived terms

• nu-, nuo-

See also

• iš

Mandarin

Romanization

nuo

1. Nonstandard spelling of nuó.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nuǒ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nuò.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.