nus
Albanian
Etymology
A Gheg word. From Proto-Albanian *snutja, from Proto-Indo-European *sneu (“to turn, to spin”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāvan, “band, sinew”)[1].
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References
- Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 74
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Catalan nuu, or from Old Occitan nous, nos, nou and its variants, from Latin nōdus (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *nudus), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Compare Occitan nos, French nœud, Spanish nudo.
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Further reading
- “nus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nus” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “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.
Indonesian
Kristang
Etymology
From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Portuguese nos (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we; us”).
See also
Kristang personal pronouns (edit) | ||
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Person | Singular | Plural |
First | yo | nus |
Second | bos | bolotu |
Third | eli | olotu |
References
- 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 26.
Norman
Portuguese
Tok Pisin
Noun
nus
- (anatomy) nose
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:7:
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