nu-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Curripaco

Prefix

nu-

1. first person singular agent marker

   nuiraka : I am drinking

References

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

Lithuanian

Etymology

From the preposition nuo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʊ]

Prefix

nu-

1. (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement downward
2. (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement into the distance
3. (with verbs) describes an improvement and advanced progress in the action
4. (with verbs) describes achievement through some action or event
5. (with verbs) describes an action or event's outspread over a surface
6. (with verbs) describes a type of perfective aspect in solitary events or actions

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms prefixed with nu-

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nu]

Pronoun

nu- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

1. you (familiar second person singular and plural)

See also

Makasar free and bound pronouns

	Independent	Absolutive	Nominative	Possessive
1st sg / 1st pl excl	nakke	-a'	ku-	-ku
1st pl excl (archaic)	kambe	-kang	ki-	-mang
1st pl incl / 2nd sg polite	katte	-ki'	ki-	-ta
2nd sg / pl familiar	kau	-ko	nu-	-nu
3rd sg / pl	ia	-i	na-	-na

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈u/

Prefix

nu-

1. Alternative form of no-

Tocharian B

Verb

nu-

1. to cry out, shout
2. to threaten