neen

neen

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːn/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

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

• Nene, en- -en, nene, nēnē

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Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /neːn/

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  (file)

• Hyphenation: neen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Adverb

neen

1. no; stressed or formal form of nee.

Usage notes

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

• benenen

Descendants

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

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Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• nee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Adverb

neen

1. no

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Narragansett

Etymology

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

Pronoun

neèn

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Usage notes

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

References

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, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, LCCN 2001116679, page 71

Further reading

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, OCLC 41412195, page 2

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːn/

Determiner

neen

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

References

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

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Scots

Numeral

neen

1. Alternative form of nine

Pronoun

neen

1. Alternative form of nane

Determiner

neen

1. Alternative form of nane

Adverb

neen

1. Alternative form of nane

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Tetum

Etymology

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

Numeral

neen

1. six

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Yola

Yola cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : neen

Etymology

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

Numeral

neen

1. nine

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 59