naw
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
In Scottish use, from Scots naw, naa, na, from Middle English na, from Old English nā (“no, never”). More generally, a colloquial, unarticulated form of no; compare nah. More at no.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
naw
- (informal) No.
- 2003, Anton F. Bilek; Tony Bilek; Gene O'Connell, No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 31:
- "Naw, no trouble. Just pulled off the road for about ten minutes, maybe, when a couple of Nip fighters banked overhead. They were after something or other." "Is that right?" Mac replied.
- 2012, Alex Gray, A Pound of Flesh:
- 'Naw, hen, sorry. Ye're too young for us. Come back when you've got a couple mair years under yer belt, eh?'
- 2012 November 1, Brenda Hampton, Naughty No More, Urban Books, →ISBN:
- “Naw, no thanks. I'll catch you next time.” “Come on, Shane. All you do is work, work, and work. You need to have a little fun, don't you?” “Right now, I'm having a lot of fun. Trust me.” “Do you have company?” “No, I'm painting.”
- (Jamaica) Pronunciation spelling of not.
TranslationsEdit
no — see nah
AnagramsEdit
CornishEdit
| < 8 | 9 | 10 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : naw Ordinal : nawves | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nawan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
NumeralEdit
naw
Jamaican CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
naw
- not
- 1990, Frances Gray, Women at the Albany Empire, →ISBN, page 62:
- “WINSTON: If she tink me ah guh sign any paper and guh to any backside Court she bettah tink again
PARKIE: Suh you
naw guh see your wife and sort dis ting out? […] ”- WINSTON: If she thinks I'm going to sign any papers and go to some damned courthouse, she has another thing coming.
PARKIE: Well, aren't you and your wife going to work this thing out? […]
- WINSTON: If she thinks I'm going to sign any papers and go to some damned courthouse, she has another thing coming.
- No one naw cuss. No shot naw buss.
- There isn't any fighting. There aren't any shots being fired.
- (literally, “No one not fight. No bullet not fire.”)
- Nutten naw gwaan, Rayman.
- There aren't any opportunities, Raymond.
- (literally, “Nothing not going on, Raymond”)
ParticleEdit
naw
MaricopaEdit
NounEdit
naw
Old PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *navь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nāˀwis, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂wis, from the stem *neh₂w- (“death”).
NounEdit
naw f
TaraoEdit
NounEdit
naw
ReferencesEdit
- 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar
VurësEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
naw
Further readingEdit
WakhiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Yagnobi нав (nav).
NumeralEdit
naw
WelshEdit
| 90[a], [b], [c] | ||
| ← 8 | 9 | 10 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: naw Ordinal: nawfed Ordinal abbreviation: 9fed | ||
| Welsh Wikipedia article on 9 | ||
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /naːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /nau̯/
- Rhymes: -au̯
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Brythonic *naw, from Proto-Celtic *nowan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
NumeralEdit
naw
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
naw
- Nasal mutation of daw.
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| daw | ddaw | naw | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
ReferencesEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “naw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
WhitesandsEdit
NounEdit
naw
ReferencesEdit
- Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 75