nei
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
Adjective edit
nei
Chuukese edit
Determiner edit
nei
- First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)
Related terms edit
Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix | ||
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Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
Second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
Third person | an | noun | -an | |
Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) |
nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) |
-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
Third person | ar | nour | -er |
East Central German edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
nei
- (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.
Adjective edit
nei
- (Erzgebirgisch) new (away from the speaker)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From ne (“no”) + -i (infinitive verb suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)
- to deny (assert that something is not true)
- Antonym: jesi
- Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn. ― You simply can't deny facts.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of nei
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Derived terms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nei
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Adverb edit
nei
- (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
nei
- Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)
Declension edit
Declension of nei (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | nei | nei | nei | neie |
accusative | neie | nei | nei | neie | |
dative | neie | neie | neie | neie | |
Strong inflection | nominative | neier | neie | neies | neie |
accusative | neie | neie | neies | neie | |
dative | neiem | neier | neiem | neie |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nei
- no
- exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
- Nei, en gaman! ― Oh how fun!
- Nei, hæ! ― What a surprise to see you here!
Noun edit
nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)
- a no
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
nei
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nei m
References edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- neī: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈne.iː/, [ˈneiː]
- neī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.i/, [ˈnɛːi]
- nei: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nei̯/, [nɛi̯]
- nei: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nej/, [nɛj]
Noun edit
neī
Adverb edit
nei
- Early Latin form of nē
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
- 𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m] - Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii
- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)
Declension edit
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass nei | si ass nei | et ass nei | si si(nn) nei | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | neien | nei | neit | nei |
independent without determiner | neies | neier | |||
dative | after any declined word | neien | neier | neien | neien |
as first declined word | neiem | neiem |
Related terms edit
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪
Romanization edit
nei
- Nonstandard spelling of néi.
- Nonstandard spelling of něi.
- Nonstandard spelling of nèi.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian nī, which derives from Proto-West Germanic *niwi. Cognates include West Frisian nij.
Adjective edit
nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)
- (Föhr-Amrum) new
- en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler
- a new car, new potatoes
Usage notes edit
After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun nei changes to neien.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
nei
Related terms edit
Interjection edit
nei
Noun edit
nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)
References edit
- “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
nei
Noun edit
nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nei
- imperative of neia
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nei n
References edit
- “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Frisian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)
Preposition edit
nēi (+ dative)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).
Adverb edit
nei
Descendants edit
References edit
- “nei”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.
Adjective edit
nei
Rapa Nui edit
Noun edit
nei
Pronoun edit
nei
Tokelauan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
nei
See also edit
Adverb edit
nei
Particle edit
nei
- Emphasises a question; what do you say?
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nei (not mutable)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
nei
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