neen

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Nene, en- -en, nene, nēnē

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: neen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Interjection

neen

1. no; stressed or formal form of nee

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

• benenen

Descendants

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

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• nee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːn/
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Adverb

neen

1. no

Mambae

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm.

Numeral

neen

1. six

Narragansett

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *niᐧlawa. Compare Ojibwe niin.

Pronoun

neèn

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Usage notes

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

Further reading

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 2

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːn/

Determiner

neen

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

References

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

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Etymology 1

Numeral

neen

1. Alternative form of nine

Etymology 2

Pronoun

neen

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

Determiner

neen

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

Adverb

neen

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

References

• “nine, adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Tetum

Etymology

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

Numeral

neen

1. six

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : neen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːn/
• Homophone: kneen

Numeral

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.

References

• 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