नु

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) now
 * 2) at once
 * 3) now then
 * 4) so now
 * 5) still

Etymology 2
From, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and perhaps 🇨🇬.

Root

 * 1) to sound out, exult
 * 2) to praise, commend

Noun

 * 1) praise, eulogium

Etymology 3
Related to 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬), from, with semantic shift "to nod the head" > "to move in a shaking manner". However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of most attestations of the root in Indic, noting that the Sanskrit passages attributed to the root are just as well interpreted with the "to sound out, praise" meaning of Etymology 2. That said, certain isolated formations like do seem to point to the root's existence as separate from that of Etymology 2.

Root

 * 1) to go
 * 2) to move from the place, remove