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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Particle

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  1. very, quite, indeed Used to intensify the preceding word

Japanese

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Romanization

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  1. Rōmaji transcription of のう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ノー

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *noa. Cognates include Hawaiian and Maori noa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnoː/
  • Hyphenation:

Particle

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  1. Used to express limitation; only, just, the only

References

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  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 266