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neen

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

English

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Noun

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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.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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.

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Interjection

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neen

  1. no; stressed or formal form of nee.

Usage notes

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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.

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Descendants

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

Luxembourgish

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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neen

  1. no

Mambae

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm.

Numeral

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neen

  1. six

Narragansett

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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neèn

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Usage notes

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

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  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[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 71

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Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Determiner

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neen

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

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

Scots

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Etymology 1

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Numeral

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neen

  1. Alternative form of nine

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

Determiner

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

Adverb

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neen

  1. (Northern Scots and Shetland) Alternative form of nane

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Tetum

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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neen

  1. six

Yola

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Yola cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : neen

Etymology

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

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Numeral

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neen

  1. nine
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 102:
      Neen chickès have hea ee-left vatherless.
      Nine chickens has he left fatherless.

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 59
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