nea

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nea"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Ngad'a, eastern.

Symbol

nea

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eastern Ngad'a.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Ngad'a terms

Ainu

Etymology

From ney (“that”) +‎ a (“to sit”), literally “(the thing) that sits there”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [né̞ꜜà]

Adjective

nea (Kana spelling ネア, plural nerok)

1. (Saru, demonstrative) that (close to the speaker and listener)

   nea a=akihi

   (I told you before about the younger brother.) That younger brother

Synonyms

• neyan

See also

Ainu demonstrative determiners

pronoun	singular	plural
this	tan, taan	tanokay, taokay taoka (Saru)
that	neyan, neya nea (Saru)	neyokay, nerok
that (distal)	toan	tonokay, tookay tooka (Saru)

The noun form is formed by adding pe, for objects (ex.: tanpe, "this thing"), or kur, for persons (ex.: tan kur, "this person").

Esperanto

Etymology

ne +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnea/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: ne‧a

Adjective

nea (accusative singular nean, plural neaj, accusative plural neajn)

1. negative, denying, rejecting

   jesa aŭ nea respondo ― an affirmative or negative response

   nea rezulto de referendumo ― a referendum result of no

Antonyms

• jesa

Related terms

• nee (“rejectingly, denyingly”)

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.a/, [ˈnɛ.jə]

Verb

nea

1. (stative) alternative form of neo (“desolate”)

Derived terms

• hoʻonea
• neanea
• ʻōnea

Further reading

• nea in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈne.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.a]

Noun

nea

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of neon

Muna

Etymology

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

Noun

nea

1. name

References

• “nea” in Webonary.org

Romanian

nea

Alternative forms

• neauă

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nivem, accusative singular of nix (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nea f (uncountable)

1. snow

   Synonyms: zăpadă, omăt, ninsoare

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	nea	neaua
genitive-dative	nei	neii
vocative	—

Related terms

• neios

See also

• ninge

References

• “nea”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nā (“never”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪə̯/

Adverb

nea

1. never

Further reading

• “nea (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011