"nu" meaning in Esperanto

See nu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [nu]
Etymology: From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin. Compare Polish no, Latvian nu, Czech no. Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|ru|ну}} Russian ну (nu), {{bor|eo|de|nu}} German nu, {{der|eo|sla}} Slavic, {{cog|pl|no}} Polish no, {{cog|lv|nu}} Latvian nu, {{cog|cs|no}} Czech no
  1. well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "ну"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ну (nu)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "nu"
      },
      "expansion": "German nu",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "sla"
      },
      "expansion": "Slavic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish no",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "nu"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian nu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech no",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin. Compare Polish no, Latvian nu, Czech no.",
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto BRO1",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, he said he doesn't want to attend the party.",
          "text": "Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-nu-eo-intj-xLNNw8cm",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "filled pause",
          "filled pause#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nu]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "ну"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ну (nu)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "nu"
      },
      "expansion": "German nu",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "sla"
      },
      "expansion": "Slavic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish no",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "nu"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian nu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "no"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech no",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin. Compare Polish no, Latvian nu, Czech no.",
  "hyphenation": [
    "nu"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto BRO1",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto interjections",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from German",
        "Esperanto terms borrowed from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from German",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Slavic languages",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Esperanto terms with audio links",
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples",
        "German links with manual fragments",
        "German links with redundant alt parameters",
        "German links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, he said he doesn't want to attend the party.",
          "text": "Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "filled pause",
          "filled pause#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nu]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nu"
}
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  "called_from": "page/1713/20221215",
  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, nu/Esperanto",
  "path": [
    "nu"
  ],
  "section": "Esperanto",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "nu",
  "trace": ""
}

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