What it meant — Monier-Williams
1. ınu-
ınu- 167) : Perf. paspase beschaut, bewacht, hat acht auf ıRY), Aor. dspasta er erschaute (RV 1,10,2), Kaus. späsay” usspahen lassen, herausfinden (RV [’äyasva], Br; Jamison, ‚10, T. Gotö, II 31 [1988] 314); äanu-spasta- bewacht (RV '0,160,4), spastd- wahrgenommen, verstanden, deutlich, sichtbar (TS +; s. AiGr II 2,557); pasyata- sichtbar (AV; s.u.); rıs- m. Späher (RV +), spasa- m. dss. (Br +, TS pratizınd-, AiGr … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ınu-, p. 137]
2. نُ
cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 121 , Sch. (often connected with other particles, esp. with negatives, e.g. nahinu, ‘by no means’, nakirnu, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mānu, ‘in order that surely not’; often also ghanu, hanu, innu, nukam &c. [nūcit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, RV. vii, 100, 1 ]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, esp. an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, RV. &c. &c.; it is also employed in questions, esp. in sentences of two or more clauses [ cf. Pāṇ. viii, 2, 98 , Kāś. ] where nu is either always repeated [ Śak. vi, 9 ] or omitted in the first place [ ib. i, 8 ] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadivā &c., and strengthened by vā, athavā &c.)
3. نُ
4. nu or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ( Dhāt. xxiv, 26 ; xxviii, 104 ) nauti, nuvati, ( pres. also navate, ti, RV. &c.; p. P. nuvat, navat, Ā. navamāna, RV. ; pf. nunāva, Kāv. ; aor. anūnot, anūṣi, ṣata, anaviṣṭa, RV. ; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr. ; fut. naviṣyati, nuv; navitā, nuv, ib. ; ind.p. nutya, nāvam, Br. ; inf. navitum, v.l. nuv, Bhaṭṭ. ), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, MBh. &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr. : Desid. nunūṣati, ib. ; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, ib. : Intens. nonavīti, nonumas ( impf. anonavur, Subj. navīnot; pf. nonāva, nonuvur, RV. ; nonūyate, nonoti Gr. ), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, RV.
4. nū
4. nu or nū cl. 2. 6. P. ( Dhāt. xxiv, 26 ; xxviii, 104 ) nauti, nuvati, ( pres. also navate, ti, RV. &c.; p. P. nuvat, navat, Ā. navamāna, RV. ; pf. nunāva, Kāv. ; aor. anūnot, anūṣi, ṣata, anaviṣṭa, RV. ; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt Gr. ; fut. naviṣyati, nuv; navitā, nuv, ib. ; ind.p. nutya, nāvam, Br. ; inf. navitum, v.l. nuv, Bhaṭṭ. ), to sound, shout, exult; praise, commend, RV. &c. &c.: Pass. nūyate, MBh. &c.: Caus. nāvayati aor. anūnavat Gr. : Desid. nunūṣati, ib. ; Desid. of Caus. nunāvayiṣati, ib. : Intens. nonavīti, nonumas ( impf. anonavur, Subj. navīnot; pf. nonāva, nonuvur, RV. ; nonūyate, nonoti Gr. ), to sound loudly, roar, thunder, RV.
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