encl. acc. dat. gen. du. of 1st pers. pron. (cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 20]), [RV.] &c. &c. ([VS.] also ṇau; cf. [VPrāt. iii, 85]).
naú f. a ship, boat, vessel, [RV.] &c. &c.
(in astrol.) N. of a partic. appearance of the moon or of a constellation, [Var.]
= vāc, [Nir. i, 11] (either because prayer is a vessel leading to heaven or fr. √ 4. nu, ‘to praise’).
[cf. 2. nāva and 7. nu; Gk. ναῦς, ναύ-της, &c.; Lat. nāvis, nau-ta, nau-fragus &c.; Icel. nór; (?) Germ. Nachen.]