nê

nê

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.

Adverb

nê

1. (South Africa, colloquial) As interrogative particle: "isn't that the case?"; also used with emphatic effect.
   • 1900, Harold Blore, An Imperial Light Horseman:

     Then you are not come as a recruit to our ranks, but have already ducked your head to a bullet, nê?

   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 21:

     No, we like this place, exotic for us whites, nê.

Anagrams

• -en, EN, en, en-

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Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߣߋ‎ (nko)

Pronoun

nê

1. (emphatic) I, me, my

   Synonym: ń

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ne˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧]

Noun

nê

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Adjective

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Zazaki

Particle

nê

1. no, nope

Antonyms

• e