"なう" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Japanese]

Forms: なう [canonical], ナウ [canonical], -nau [romanization]
Etymology: Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from now. Said to originate on Twitter. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|ja|en|now||||nocap=|nocat=|sort=}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from now, {{wasei eigo|now}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from now Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|ナウ}} なう or ナウ • (-nau)
  1. (slang, dated) doing ~ right now Tags: dated, morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en-なう-ja-suffix-4ZhGJJIw
  2. (slang, dated) at ~ right now Tags: dated, morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en-なう-ja-suffix-hz7Igrb~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ナウい (naui)
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pseudo-loans from English, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese pseudo-loans from English: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0 0

Suffix [Japanese]

Forms: -nau [romanization], ない [stem], なった [past]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|infl=godan}} なう • (-nau) godan (stem ない (-nai), past なった (-natta))
  1. Modern form of なふ (-nafu) Tags: Modern, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: なふ (extra: -nafu)
    Sense id: en-なう-ja-suffix-aS-NVP0B Categories (other): Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for なう meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "綯う"
  ],
  "word": "なう"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "脳"
  ],
  "word": "なう"
}

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