nae

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Cuiba

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Noun

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nae

  1. tree

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish (boat, ship), from Old Irish nau,[1] from Proto-Celtic *nāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Latin navis and Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nae f (genitive singular nae, nominative plural naetha)

  1. boat

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 nó, noe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Khumi Chin

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Noun

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nae

  1. room, chamber

Maia

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Pronoun

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nae

  1. (in the plural) you

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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nae

  1. Doric Scots form of na (not)
    That's nae richt!
    That's not right!

Determiner

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nae

  1. (most Scots dialects) no
    There's nae breid left!
    There's no bread left!

Conjunction

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nae

  1. (Doric Scots) not

Interjection

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nae

  1. Alternative form of na (no)

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Determiner

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nae

  1. Alternative form of na (no)
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:
      Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.
      Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.

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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 116

Zhuang

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Etymology

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Cognate with Shan ၼၢႆး (náai, dew; mist), Ahom 𑜃𑜩 (nay, dew) or 𑜃𑜩𑜐𑜫 (nayñ), Bouyei nail.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nae (Sawndip forms or 𭛎, 1957–1982 spelling nəi)

  1. snow
    Synonym: (dialectal) siet