neno
Chuukese
Etymology
ne- + -no
Verb
neno
- to look away
- to open one's eyes (from sleep)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese neno, from a Vulgar Latin *ninnus, probably imitative of infantile language. Compare Spanish niño, Asturian neñu, Italian nino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈne.nʊ/
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Noun
neno m (plural nenos, feminine nena, feminine plural nenas)
- male child, especially before puberty
- Synonyms: cativo, meniño
- (in the plural) children
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 661:
- Et outros muytos nenos et donas et dõzelas tirarõ os gregos do tenplo, et nõnos quiserõ matar, mays leuárõnos cõsigo pera Greçia
- And the Greek took many other children and women and young ladies from the temple, and they didn't want to kill them, but they took them away to Greece
- Et outros muytos nenos et donas et dõzelas tirarõ os gregos do tenplo, et nõnos quiserõ matar, mays leuárõnos cõsigo pera Greçia
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 661:
Derived terms
- nené
References
- “neno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “neno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “neno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “neno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “neno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Swahili
Etymology
From -nena (“say”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.nɔ/
Noun
neno (ma class, plural maneno)
- word