FromProto-Cushitic. Cognates includeIraqwatén,Oromonuyi,Sahonanu,Sidamoninke andSomaliannaga.

• IPA^(key):/nʌˈnu/
• Hyphenation:na‧nu

nanú

1. we

   Nanú sagá naxigillé. ―We are milking a cow.

   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:

     Diggahnanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna,nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.

     Our God, with strengthwe make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration,we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nanu”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London,→ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004)Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan,→ISBN,page38
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015)L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• enanu,ñañu,naniu

FromLatinnānus.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnanu/[ˈna.nu]
• Rhymes:-anu
• Syllabification:na‧nu

nanu m sg (feminine singularnana,masculine pluralnanos,feminine pluralnanes)

1. dwarf

• nanismu

Borrowed fromGerman Low Germanna(“well”) +nu(“now”).^[1]

• IPA^(key):/naˈnuː/

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nanu

1. (chieflyNorthern Germany)An expression ofwonderment orconfusion.
   • 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, inFrankfurter Rundschau‎^[3]:

     Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?

     Well now, what is that plane doing there at so late an hour?

nanu

1. water

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
• Andrew K. Pawley, Malcolm D. Ross,Austronesian Terminolgies: Continuity and Change (1994), page 458

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*anu, fromProto-Austronesian*(na-)nu.

• IPA^(key):/ˈnanu/ [ˈnäː.nu]

nánu

1. (interrogative)what

nanu

1. water

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Free variation ofranu, see there for more details.

nanu

1. mixed,jumbled
2. confusing
3. incoherent,inarticulate,unintelligible
4. contaminated

nanu (passivenanua)

1. to express disastifaction, tomumble ormurmur

nanu

1. discontent,dissatisfaction

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “nanu”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language, page254
• “nanu” in John C. Moorfield,Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.

nanu

1. attributive ofnanus

nanu

1. water

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

nanu

1. tosing