Noun: nao
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | nao |
| Plural f | naos |
Sample Sentences
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nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados (carrack or vessel or other ship that to this town came bringing salt, from a thousand and a hald of salt up, they shall give three large bushels of salt to said lepers) [1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez, editor, O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra, Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:]
Nouns inflected like nao
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since 1350; from Old Catalan or Old Occitan nau, from Latin navis. Doublet of nave. Compare also Portuguese nau. See: Latin Nouns '
navis', Portuguese Nouns '
nau'.
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