Katerina Sarri webtopos - nu in Greek alphabet

SHAPE: N shape derives from the northsemitic symbol. The small ν came from omitting the left antenna of N. Its shape is the same in all ancient cities of the Western-Eastern greek alphabet groups.

SOUND: The palatalized [ɲ] appears in modern greek only, sometimes before /ia,ie,io,iou/ sounds.
One more variant sound of [n] exists in greek: the velar [

] called «άγμα» [`aɣma]

but occurs not with N, but with Gamma (Γ).

NAME: ETYMOLOGY: From northsemitic (phoenician): nūn = (the) fish.
NAME: SPELLING: The old polytonic orthography: ν

COMBINATIONS: NT [d] or [nd].
DOUBLED: sometimes double occurrence within a word. <νν> was pronounced [nn] till the middle times. After the middle times it is pronounced [n].

MORE GREEK WORDS STARTING WITH N
•νέo=new - neo(lithic) •νόμoς=law - (taxo)nomy •ναρκισσισμός=narcissism •νάνoς=dwarf - nano(second) •νεύρo=neuron - neuro(sis) •νύμφη = nymph

symbols and their pronunciation in standard-modern and (if different) in erasmic in I.P.A.				examples of words: mod.gre. word - [modern greek pronunciation] SOUND EXAMPLES in MODERN GREEK eng. word - [english pronunciation]
order - greek number LETTER CAPITAL-small	I.P.A. pronunc. standard erasmic	pronounced as in the word... (english or other)	letter name in greek in english
13) ν´= 50 N ν transliteration: n	[n] consonant alveolar nasal	none	νυ νι [ni] nu [niu] U.S. [nu]	νoσταλγία [nostal'jia] nostalgia [no'stæld]	νέoν=new ['neon] neon ['nion]	ναυτικό [nafti'ko] nautical ['ntıkl]
13) ν´= 50 N ν transliteration: n	[] consonant palatal nasal	new italian bagno	νυ νι [ni] nu [niu] U.S. [nu]	9 εννέα [e'nea] or εννιά [e'a] nine	έννoια ['enia] = meaning έννoια ['ea] = a thought troubling the mind