ню

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

ню•(nju)(Old East Church Slavonic)

1. Prepositional form ofю(ju)
   • 1581,“Matthew 9:18”, inOstrog Bible:

     дщи моа ныне умретъ.но пришедъ възложи нанюруку свою, и оживетъ·

     dšti moa nyne umretŭ.no prišedŭ vŭzloži nanjuruku svoju, i oživetŭ·

     My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand uponher,and she shall live

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[nʲu]

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromFrenchnu.

Noun

ню•(nju)ninan(indeclinable)

1. (art)nude

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromAncient Greekνῦ(nû).

Noun

ню•(nju)ninan(indeclinable)

1. nu(the Greek letterΝ/ν)

   Synonym:(modern Greek)ни(ni)

Tundra Nenets

Etymology

FromProto-Samoyedic*ńuə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[nʲʉː]
• Hyphenation:ню

Noun

ню̄•(nyū)

1. child,offspring

Derived terms

• ню̄савэ̇й(nyūsawėy°)

References

• Pyrerka, A. P.,Tereščenko, N. M.(1948)Русско-ненецкий словарь[Russian–Nenets Dictionary], Moscow:Огиз,pages68, 278
• N. M. Tereschenko (2005) “ню”,inСловарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий,3rd edition, Saint Petersburg:Просвещение,→ISBN
• Irina Nikolaeva (2014)A Grammar of Tundra Nenets,Walter de Gruyter GmbH,→ISBN,page33