Noun

nuna (plural nunas)Category:English lemmas#NUNACategory:English nouns#NUNACategory:English countable nouns#NUNACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. Alternative form of noona.

Contraction

nunaCategory:Asturian non-lemma forms#NUNACategory:Asturian contractions#NUNACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. in a/an (contraction of en + una)

Verb

nunaCategory:Bangi lemmas#NUNACategory:Bangi verbs#NUNACategory:Bangi entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. to age

Etymology

From nun (“now”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending)Category:Esperanto terms suffixed with -a#NUNA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuna/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#NUNACategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

• Audio 1:

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  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#NUNA

• Audio 2:

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  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#NUNA
• Rhymes: -unaCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/una#NUNACategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/una/2 syllables#NUNA
• Syllabification: nu‧na

Adjective

nuna (accusative singular nunan, plural nunaj, accusative plural nunajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#NUNACategory:Esperanto adjectives#NUNACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. present, current, of the present time

Further reading

• “nuna”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “nuna”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Etymology

From Proto-InuitCategory:Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit#NUNACategory:Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit#NUNA *nuna (“land, earth, inland”), from Proto-EskimoCategory:Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo#NUNA *nuna (“land, earth, country”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuna/, [nʉ.na]Category:Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

Noun

nuna (plural nunat)Category:Greenlandic lemmas#NUNACategory:Greenlandic nouns#NUNACategory:Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

2. Earth
3. country, land
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:

     Aappariit Dursleykkut sisamanngornermi avaanngunartumi uagut oqaluttuatta aallartiffiani, itermata, silami qulisimasumiit siulittuutigineqanngilaq, nunami tamarmi eqqumeeqisunik paasissaalluanngitsunik pisoqarumaartoq.

     When Mr and Mrs Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.

     Category:Greenlandic terms with quotations#NUNA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /núː.nàː/Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [núː.nàː]Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

Verb

nūnā̀ (grade 1)Category:Hausa lemmas#NUNACategory:Hausa verbs#NUNACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. to show, point out, indicate

References

• Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 163.

Noun

nunaCategory:Inuktitut lemmas#NUNACategory:Inuktitut nouns#NUNACategory:Inuktitut entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. Latin spelling of ᓄᓇ (nona)Category:Inuktitut terms in Latin script#NUNA

Etymology

Borrowed from BangiCategory:Lingala terms borrowed from Bangi#NUNACategory:Lingala terms derived from Bangi#NUNA nuna.

Verb

-nuna (infinitive konuna)Category:Lingala lemmas#NUNACategory:Lingala verbs#NUNACategory:Lingala entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. to age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuna/Category:Maung terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

Noun

nuna class 2Category:Maung lemmas#NUNACategory:Maung nouns#NUNACategory:Maung entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Maung class 2 nouns#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. non-Aboriginal woman

   Synonym: palanta (“non-Aboriginal person”)

References

• Ruth Singer; Warruwi Community (2021), “nuna”, in Mawng to English Dictionary, Aboriginal Studies Press, →ISBN
• Heather Hewett; Anne Dineen; David Stainsby; Robin Field (2013), “nuna”, in Maung-English Interactive Dictionary‎, Australian Society for Indigenous Languages

Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#NUNACategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#NUNA *nūnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.nɑ/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

Adverb

nūnaCategory:Old English lemmas#NUNACategory:Old English adverbs#NUNACategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. synonym of nū (“now”)

Noun

nunaCategory:Quechua lemmas#NUNACategory:Quechua nouns#NUNACategory:Quechua entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. spirit, soul

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Slovene entries#NUNA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nùːna/Category:Slovene 2-syllable words#NUNACategory:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA

Noun

núna fCategory:Slovene lemmas#NUNACategory:Slovene nouns#NUNACategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Slovene feminine nouns#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. nun, sister

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	núna
gen. sing.	núne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	núna	núni	núne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	núne	nún	nún
dative (dajȃlnik)	núni	núnama	núnam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	núno	núni	núne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	núni	núnah	núnah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	núno	núnama	núnami

Category:Slovene feminine a-stem nouns#NUNA

Further reading

• “nuna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “nuna”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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  Category:Swahili terms with audio pronunciation#NUNA

Verb

-nuna (infinitive kununa)Category:Swahili lemmas#NUNACategory:Swahili verbs#NUNACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. to sulk

Noun

nuna cCategory:Swedish lemmas#NUNACategory:Swedish nouns#NUNACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. (colloquialCategory:Swedish colloquialisms#NUNA) face, mug

References

• “nuna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “nuna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “nuna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• unna

Etymology

From Proto-YupikCategory:Yup'ik terms inherited from Proto-Yupik#NUNACategory:Yup'ik terms derived from Proto-Yupik#NUNA *nuna, from Proto-EskimoCategory:Yup'ik terms inherited from Proto-Eskimo#NUNACategory:Yup'ik terms derived from Proto-Eskimo#NUNA *nuna. Compare Greenlandic nuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuna/, [ˈnuna]Category:Yup'ik terms with IPA pronunciation#NUNA
• Hyphenation: nu‧na

Noun

nunaCategory:Yup'ik lemmas#NUNACategory:Yup'ik nouns#NUNACategory:Yup'ik entries with incorrect language header#NUNACategory:Pages with entries#NUNACategory:Pages with 15 entries#NUNA

1. land
2. earth
3. country
4. village
5. soil, ground
6. place, vicinity

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (2012), “nuna”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN