Pāli Dictionary

nanu

Part of speech

indeclinable

Antonyms

nu

general

  • 難道不……嗎？；豈非？；不是嗎？（表反問，期望肯定回答）

  • is it not?; surely?; wouldn’t it? (particle of interrogation expecting an affirmative answer)

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

  • 確實；當然；必定；誠然

  • certainly; surely; indeed; of course

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

naanu
  1. na

    不；非；沒有（否定小品詞；複合詞中亦作否定前綴）

  2. anu

    沿著；在旁邊；隨行在後（空間義）

nuanu
  1. nu

    疑問與懷疑語氣詞；是否、究竟、到底、難道（常與疑問代詞連用）

  2. anu

    沿著；在旁邊；隨行在後（空間義）

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