nuo
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Esperanto
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû, “the letter Ν”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnuo/
- Hyphenation: nu‧o
- Rhymes: -uo
Finnish
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
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 nuo (type suo)
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Descendants
- Kven: nuot
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *noo, from Proto-Uralic *no. Cognates include Finnish nuo and Ingrian noot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnuo̯/
Declension
References
- P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 58
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)
- (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?
- (with genitive) from; since; due to (indicates the origin, start or cause)
- (with genitive) for, of; against (indicates purpose)
- (with genitive) from, on behalf of
- Pérduok jám linkė́jimus nuo manę̃s. ― Say hi to him from me.
Derived terms
- nu-, nuo-
Mandarin
Romanization
nuo
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.