onnaïe

Norman

Alternative forms

• annaée (continental Norman)
• année (Jersey, Sark)

Etymology

From Old French anee, from an (“year”) from Latin annus (“year”). Perhaps alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *annāta, from Latin annō, annāre, compare French année, Walloon anêye, Italian annata.

Noun

onnaïe f (plural onnaïes)

1. (Guernsey) year
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 533:

     Si le soleil liet à méjour, le jour de Noué, il y aura bien des faeux l'annaïe ensuivant.

     If the sun shines at noon on Christmas Day, there will be many fires lighted in the ensuing year.

Derived terms

• ch't'onnaïe (“this year”)