neen

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *niᐧlawa. Compare Ojibwe niin.^[1]

Pronoun

neèn

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

References

Further reading

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology

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

Numeral

neen

1. six

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