neb
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editneb
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /nɛb/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛb
Noun
editneb (plural nebs)
- (now dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
- (obsolete) A person's mouth.
- (now dialectal) A person's nose.
- (now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
- (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
- (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 183:
- In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.
- (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
Derived terms
edit- nebby (Geordie, US)
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editReferences
edit- “neb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “neb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
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editWelsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”), whence also Old Irish nech (“anyone; no-one”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ne (negative particle) + Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“which, that”). Cognate with Latvian nekas (“nothing”).[2]
Pronunciation
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editReferences
edit- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 170 vi (1)
White Hmong
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References
edit- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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