noh

• nō, nou

Borrowing from Japanese 能 (nō), from Middle Chinese 能 (nong, “talent, ability”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ/

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  • Rhymes: -əʊ
• (US) IPA^(key): /noʊ/

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• Homophones: no, know

noh (uncountable)

1. A form of classical Japanese music drama.

• 'hon, Hon, Hon., h'on, hon, ohn

From Proto-Tai *n.mɤːꟲ (“meat, flesh”). Cognate with Thai เนื้อ (nʉ́ʉa), Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lao ເນຶ້ອ (nưa) or ເນື້ອ (nư̄a), Lü ᦵᦓᦲᧉ (noe²), Khün ᨶᩮᩨ᩶ᩬ, Shan ၼိူဝ်ႉ (nô̰e), Ahom 𑜃𑜢𑜤𑜰𑜫 (nü0), Zhuang noh, Nong Zhuang nowx or nwx, Saek หมร้อ.

• IPA^(key): /no˧/

noh

1. meat

noh

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of no

For quotations using this term, see Citations:noh.

From Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

• IPA^(key): /nɔː/

noh (masculine nohe, feminine noh, comparative noher or nöher or nöhter, superlative et nohste or nöhste or nöhtste or nöchste or nächste)

1. near; close

• The comparation forms with -o- are Moselle Franconian, those with -ö- are Ripuarian.
• The superlatives nächste (Moselle Franconian) and nöchste (Ripuarian) are used in the sense of English next, though the more regular forms can have this sense as well.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnox]

noh f

1. genitive plural of noha

Variant of no.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoh/, [ˈno̞h]
• Rhymes: -oh
• Hyphenation^(key): noh

noh

1. Synonym of no (“well”) (especially before a phrase or when expressing exasperation)

• “noh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• -hon

• nohh
• no (less common)

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

noh

1. an expression showing that one is impressed (either mildly or very impressed) or surprised; Oh wow; Would you look at that?

   Noh, þetta tók þig ekki langan tíma! ― Oh wow, you were quick.

• nauh (“wow!”)

From Proto-Germanic *nuh, whence also Old Frisian noch, Old High German noh.

noh

1. still

• Middle Dutch: noch (“still”, adverb)
  • Dutch: nog
    • Afrikaans: nog
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: noko
    • Petjo: noh
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: nug
  • Limburgish: nag
• Middle Dutch: noch (“neither, nor”, conjunction), nō
  • Dutch: noch
  • Limburgish: nóch

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 18

• noc

From Proto-Germanic *nuh.

noh

1. still
2. more

• Middle High German: noch
  • Bavarian: noch, nu

    Cimbrian: nó

  • German: noch
  • Luxembourgish: nach
  • Yiddish: נאָך (nokh)

From Proto-Tai *n.mɤːꟲ (“meat, flesh”). Cognate with Thai เนื้อ (nʉ́ʉa), Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩬᩥ᩶ᩋ, Lao ເນຶ້ອ (nưa) or ເນື້ອ (nư̄a), Lü ᦵᦓᦲᧉ (noe²), Khün ᨶᩮᩨ᩶ᩬ, Shan ၼိူဝ်ႉ (nô̰e), Ahom 𑜃𑜢𑜤𑜰𑜫 (nü0), Bouyei noh, Nong Zhuang nowx or nwx, Saek หมร้อ.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /no˧/
• Tone numbers: no⁶
• Hyphenation: noh

noh (Sawndip forms 胬 or 奴 or 朒 or 䏧 or 𭸆 or 𰮷, 1957–1982 spelling noƅ)

1. meat

   Synonyms: (Nong) nowx, (Nong) nwx

   noh mou ― pork

2. flesh (of a person)
3. flesh (of fruit)