neen

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See also: Neen, néen, 'neen, and -neen

English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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neen pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, Yorkshire) The eyes.
    • 1683, George Meriton, A Yorkshire Dialogue:
      And mar her milk, Ise greet out bath my Neen.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch neen, from Old Dutch nēn (none, not one), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz, from Proto-Germanic *ne + *ainaz. Cognate with English none, German nein.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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neen

  1. no; stressed or formal form of nee

Usage notes

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Neen is the stressed form productively used in Flanders in both spoken and written language. It is archaic in both the spoken as well as written language in the Netherlands.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: nene
  • Jersey Dutch: nên
  • Negerhollands: neen
    • Virgin Islands Creole: nen (dated)

Luxembourgish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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neen

  1. no

Mambae

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm.

Numeral

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neen

  1. six

Narragansett

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *niᐧlawa. Compare Ojibwe niin.[1]

Pronoun

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neèn

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Usage notes

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Usually precedes a verb or noun, like keèn but unlike ewò.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*niᐧlawa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  2. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 71

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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neen

  1. feminine of naan
  2. neuter of naan
  3. plural of naan

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “naan”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Numeral

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neen

  1. Alternative form of nine

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

Determiner

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

Adverb

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

References

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Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

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neen

  1. six

Yola

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Yola cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : neen

Etymology

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From Middle English nyne, from Old English nigon, from Proto-West Germanic *neun. Cognates include English nine and Scots nine.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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neen

  1. nine
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:
      Neen chickès have hea ee-left vatherless.
      Nine chickens has he left fatherless.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59