Nu
Nu,(indecl.) [Ved.nu,Idg.*nu,orig.adv.of time=now; cp.Lat.num (to nunc,now),see nūna] affirm.-indef.part.“then,now.” -- 1.most freq.combd with interr.pron.and followed by kho,as kin nu kho J.II,159; kacci J.I,279; kaccin nu (for kaccid nu) J.II,133; kathan nu (kho) Vin.I,83; kattha PvA.22; etc.-- 2.as interr.part.(=Lat.ne,num) in enclitic position Vin.I,17; J.III,52; Sn.866,871,1071; etc.As such also combd with na=nanu (Lat.nonne),which begins the sentence:Vin.II,303.(nanu tvaṁ vuḍḍho vīsativasso ‘sī ti?); Pv.I,84; PvA.39,136 etc.-- Often combd with other emphatic or dubitative particles,like api nu Vin.II,303; D.I,97; nu idha,contr.to nīdha Vv 836 or with sandhi as nu-v-idha D.I,108 (v.l.nu khv idha).Cp.na1,nūna,no.(Page 376)