na—nu See nanú
na-nú ind. (2. ná + nu) not, not at all, never, [RV.]; [AV.]; (interr.) not? is it not? = nonne, [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (hence often =) certainly, surely, indeed, no doubt (esp. in questions amounting to an affirmation, e.g. nanv ahaṃ te priyaḥ, am I not your friend i.e. certainly I am your friend, [Daś.] [so also na ca, there can be no doubt, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; [29], [Kāś.]], or to a request, e.g. nanu gacchāmi bhoḥ, surely I may go, [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 43], [Kāś.], and even as a responsive particle, e.g. akārṣīḥ kaṭamnanu karomi bhoḥ, indeed I have made it, [ib.]; with another interr. or an Impv. = pray, please, e.g. nanu ko bhavān, pray who are you? [Mṛcch. x, 48/49]; nanūcyatām, please tell, [ib.] [52/53]; in argument often as an inceptive particle implying doubt or objection, ‘now it may be said, well, but then’ &c., esp. in nanv astu, or nanu mā bhūt-tathāpi, well, be it so or not so-nevertheless)
a vocat. particle implying kindness or reproach or perplexity &c., [L.]