nê

Etymology

From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.

Adverb

nê

1. (South Africa, colloquial) As interrogative particle: "isn't that the case?"; also used with emphatic effect.
   • 1900, Harold Blore, An Imperial Light Horseman:

     Then you are not come as a recruit to our ranks, but have already ducked your head to a bullet, nê?

   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 21:

     No, we like this place, exotic for us whites, nê.

Anagrams

• -en, en-, en, EN, En

Alternative scripts

• ߣߋ (nko)

Pronoun

nê

1. (emphatic) I, me, my

   Synonym: ń

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nivem.

Verb

nê f (plural nês) (ORB, broad)

1. snow

References

• neige in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• nê in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 378: “la neve” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 903: “la neige” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 156

Romanization

nê

1. Nonstandard spelling of nê̄.

Noun

nê

1. night

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ne˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧]

Noun

nê

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Adjective

nê

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Particle

nê

1. no, nope