Nūna
Nūna,(& nūnaṁ DhsA.164) (indecl.) [Ved.nūnaṁ=Gr.nu/n,Lat.nunc (cp.num); Goth.nu,Ger.nun,cp.E.now.See also nu] affirmative-dubitative particle with Pot.or Ind.,viz.1.(dubit.--interrog.) is it then,now,shall I etc.(=Lat.subjunctive,hortative & dubitative) D.I,155 (=Lat.num,cp.nu).Esp.freq.with rel.pron.yaṁ=yaṁ nūna what if,shall I,let me (Lat.age) Sn.p.80 (yaṁ nūn’âhaṁ puccheyyaṁ let me ask,I will ask); J.I,150,255; III,393; PvA.5 (y.n.âhaṁ imassa avassayo bhaveyyaṁ=let me help him).-- 2.(affirm.) surely,certainly,indeed Sn.1058 (api nūna pajaheyyuṁ); A.V,194; J.I,60; V,90; Pv.II,924 (nuna); Miln.20; DhsA.164; PvA.95 (nuna as v.l.; text reads nanda).(Page 376)