nus

See also: NUS, nús, ñus, nu-s, and -nus

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

Related terms

• pe

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

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

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

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

Related terms

• nuar

Etymology 2

Adjective

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

References

• “nus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Chuukese

Noun

nus

1. remainder
2. leftover

Fala

Pronunciation

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

			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

Fala personal pronouns

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• nos (Mañegu)

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:

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Adjective

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

Anagrams

• uns

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

• cumi-cumi
• ikan nus
• sotong

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

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.