nene

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See also Nene, nënë, nēnē, and Néné

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Etymology[edit]

From Hawaiian nēnē.

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nene (plural nenes)

  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, now the state bird of Hawaii.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 37:
      The nene is a handsome bird that almost became extinct in the wild but was reintroduced successfully from ones bred in captivity.

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Abau[edit]

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  • IPA: /nɛnɛ/

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nene

  1. eye

Crimean Tatar[edit]

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nene

  1. grandmother

Romanian[edit]

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Cf. Bulgarian nenja, Serbo-Croatian nena.

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nene m

  1. (popular, familiar) term used by children or young people to address an older man, especially an uncle
  2. (familiar) term to address someone used in general to express disapproval, or surprise, sometimes satisfaction, etc.

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Spanish[edit]

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nene m (plural nenes, feminine singular nena, feminine plural nenas)

  1. baby

Tagalog[edit]

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nene

  1. Appellation for a little girl.

Turkish[edit]

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nene (definite accusative neneyi, plural neneler)

  1. (colloquial) grandmother

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