noo

See also: ŋoo, nooʼ, no'o, and ʻǀnô̰o

English

Etymology 1

From Old English , Middle English nou, in dialects without the shift /uː//aʊ/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adverb

noo (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, Scotland, Geordie) now
Usage notes
  • Often preceded by the definite article: the now.

References

  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəʊ(ː)/

Interjection

noo

  1. Elongated form of no.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

noo

  1. Pronunciation spelling of new (representing dialects with yod-dropping)

See also

probably unrelated terms containing "noo"

Anagrams

Aiwoo

Noun

noo

  1. cloud (white; not rainclouds)

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ().

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnoo]
  • Rhymes: -oo
  • Hyphenation: no‧o

Noun

noo (accusative singular noon, plural nooj, accusative plural noojn)

  1. noh

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noo, from Proto-Uralic *no. Cognates include Finnish nuo and Karelian nuo.

Pronunciation

Determiner

noo

  1. those

Pronoun

noo

  1. those

Usage notes

  • Too and noo are deictic: They refer to physical entities. In contrast, se and neet are anaphoric, and thus refer to something that is previously mentioned in the conversation.

Declension

Declension of noo
singular plural
nominative too noo
genitive toon noijen
accusative toon noo
partitive toota noota
illative tooho noohe
inessive toos noos
elative toost noost
allative toolle noolle
adessive tool nool
ablative toolt noolt
translative tooks nooks
essive toonna noonna

Derived terms

See also

Ingrian demonstratives
proximal neutral distal
singular tämä (tää) se too
plural nämät (näät) neet noo

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
  • Arvo Laanest (1966) “Ижорский Язык”, in Финно-Угорские и Самодийские языки (Языки народов СССР), volume 3, Moscow: Наука, page 108
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 347
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 13

Rohingya

Noun

noo

  1. small boat

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English (now, at present, at this time, immediately, very recently), from Proto-West Germanic *, from Proto-Germanic *nu (now), from Proto-Indo-European * (now).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuː/

Adverb

noo (not comparable)

  1. now
  2. (definite) just now, right now
    • 2006, Cecilia Grainger, Bruised Blue:
      Thurs something noh richt here…Zeb widnae jist up an leave athoot telling me…NAW he’ll be here the noo and send you raggle taggle bunch oan yur wae…aye yull be telt ti follow his commands or CLEAR OFF THIS LAND…!
      There's something not right here…Zeb wouldn't just up and leave without telling me…NO he'll be here just now and send you ragtag bunch on your way…yes you'll be told to follow his commands or CLEAR OFF THIS LAND…!
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, page 406:
      She is in 3rd year, she does no want you, you are no even thirteen.
      So? I nearly am.
      Aye but ye are no the now.
      She is in 3rd year, she wouldn't want you, you are not even thirteen.
      So? I'm nearly thirteen.
      Right, but you are not right now.

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan kanuan (forehead).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /noˈʔo/ [noˈʔo]
      • Rhymes: -o
    • IPA(key): /ˈnoʔo/ [ˈno.ʔo] (obsolete)
  • Syllabification: no‧o

Noun

noó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜂ) (anatomy)

  1. forehead; brow

Derived terms

Further reading

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