netop
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Narragansett netoup, netop (“my friend, companion”). Compare Abenaki nidôba (“my friend”).
Noun
netop (plural netops)
- (US, New England dialect, possibly archaic) Friend.
Usage notes
Formerly used by colonists when greeting Native Americans.
Anagrams
- Ponte
Danish
Adverb
netop
- precisely [this]; [this] very
- Det er ironisk nok netop denne egenskab der forhindrer dem i at fortsætte.
- It is, ironically enough, precisely this property that prevents them from continuing.
- It is, ironically enough, this very property that prevents them from continuing.
- Det er ironisk nok netop denne egenskab der forhindrer dem i at fortsætte.
- just, just now
- Han var netop gået da du bankede på.
- He had just left when you knocked.
- Synonyms: lige, just
- Han var netop gået da du bankede på.
Narragansett
Etymology
The initial n- represents the first person pronoun.[1]
Noun
nétop (plural netompaûog)
- my friend
References
- Lilian Burleigh Miner (1925) Our State: Rhode Island, Providence: Oxford Press, OCLC 2490859, page 20
Further reading
- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, OCLC 41412195, page 2