"nu" meaning in Esperanto

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        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de, nl",
        "3": "nu"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from German and Dutch nu",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "cs,pl",
        "3": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech and Polish no",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "sv",
        "3": "nå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish nå",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru,uk",
        "3": "ну"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian and Ukrainian ну (nu)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German and Dutch nu, Czech and Polish no, Swedish nå, Russian and Ukrainian ну (nu).",
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "nu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "intj",
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          "name": "Citations using nocat parameter",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "english": "Well, he said he doesn't want to go to the party.",
          "text": "Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.",
          "translation": "Well, he said he doesn't want to go to the party.",
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          "english": "Well, most likely scientists would argue with you frivolously, and explain to you, that days in fact last sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.",
          "ref": "2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025:",
          "text": "Nu, plej verŝajne sciencistoj ĉikanus vin, kaj klarigus al vi, ke fakte tagoj daŭras foje iomete pli, foje iomete malpli.",
          "translation": "Well, most likely scientists would argue with you frivolously, and explain to you, that days in fact last sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
      ],
      "id": "en-nu-eo-intj-xLNNw8cm",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
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          "filled pause",
          "filled pause#English"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de, nl",
        "3": "nu"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from German and Dutch nu",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "cs,pl",
        "3": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech and Polish no",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "sv",
        "3": "nå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish nå",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru,uk",
        "3": "ну"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian and Ukrainian ну (nu)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from German and Dutch nu, Czech and Polish no, Swedish nå, Russian and Ukrainian ну (nu).",
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "nu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "Esperanto 1-syllable words",
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        "Esperanto terms borrowed from German",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Polish",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Swedish",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Ukrainian",
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        "Esperanto terms derived from Dutch",
        "Esperanto terms derived from German",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Polish",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Swedish",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Ukrainian",
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          "english": "Well, he said he doesn't want to go to the party.",
          "text": "Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.",
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          "english": "Well, most likely scientists would argue with you frivolously, and explain to you, that days in fact last sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.",
          "ref": "2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025:",
          "text": "Nu, plej verŝajne sciencistoj ĉikanus vin, kaj klarigus al vi, ke fakte tagoj daŭras foje iomete pli, foje iomete malpli.",
          "translation": "Well, most likely scientists would argue with you frivolously, and explain to you, that days in fact last sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
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          "well"
        ],
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          "filled pause",
          "filled pause#English"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}