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meaning of phonetic "new" in foreign languages
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference Asked by: princeofp-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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03 Feb 2005 10:38 PST
Expires: 05 Mar 2005 10:38 PST Question ID: 468206 |
Does a word that is phonetically pronounced like the north american "new" have any meaning in foreign languages? If so what are the meanings? |
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Re: meaning of phonetic "new" in foreign languages
From: thx1138-ga on 03 Feb 2005 10:51 PST |
In Brazilian Portuguese the word "new" sounds close to the Brazilian Portuguese word "Nu" which means "Nude" in English. Regards THX1138 |
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Re: meaning of phonetic "new" in foreign languages
From: pinkfreud-ga on 03 Feb 2005 11:43 PST |
In Yiddish, "nu" has a meaning similar to "eh" or "so?" |
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Re: meaning of phonetic "new" in foreign languages
From: nelson-ga on 03 Feb 2005 17:09 PST |
In Portuguese nu rhymes w/ no, which is the contraction of em + o, meaning in the. |
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Re: meaning of phonetic "new" in foreign languages
From: atthelibrary-ga on 04 Feb 2005 09:33 PST |
There are many words in Chinese that are pronounced approx. as "nu". Depending on the tone used, it could mean slave, cross-bow, indignant, to strive, child, nag (as in an old horse). Check out this link for a Chinese to English dictionary. http://www.tigernt.com/cedict.shtml |
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