nää
See also: Appendix:Variations of "naa"
Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Old High German neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take ones due”). Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, English nim, Icelandic nema, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman).
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Verb edit
nää (third-person singular simple present nimt, past participle gnaa, past subjunctive nääm, auxiliary haa)
- to take
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Würed Si bitte im Wartzimmer Platz nä?
- Would you like to take a seat in the waiting-room?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Pronoun edit
nää
- (colloquial) nominative of nämä
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Further reading edit
- “nää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
From sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.
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Pronoun edit
nää (dialectal)
- (Oulu) Synonym of sinä
Etymology 3 edit
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Verb edit
nää
- (colloquial) present active indicative connegative of nähdä
- (colloquial) second-person singular present imperative of nähdä
- (colloquial) second-person singular present active imperative connegative of nähdä
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Etymology 4 edit
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Interjection edit
nää
- Alternative form of nääh
German Low German edit
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Adverb edit
nää
- (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee