nää
See also: Appendix:Variations of "naa"
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take ones due”). Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, English nim, Icelandic nema, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman).
Pronunciation
Verb
nää (third-person singular simple present nimt, past participle gnaa, past subjunctive nääm, auxiliary haa)
- to take
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Würed Si bitte im Wartzimmer Platz nä?
- Would you like to take a seat in the waiting-room?
- 1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Finnish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
- Rhymes: -æː
- Syllabification(key): nää
- Hyphenation(key): nää
Pronoun
nää
- (colloquial) nominative plural of nämä
See also
Further reading
- “nää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Etymology 2
From sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
- Rhymes: -æː
- Syllabification(key): nää
- Hyphenation(key): nää
Pronoun
nää (dialectal)
- (Oulu) synonym of sinä
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæːˣ/, [ˈnæː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -æː
- Syllabification(key): nää
- Hyphenation(key): nää
Verb
nää
- (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of nähdä:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæː/, [ˈnæː]
- Rhymes: -æː
- Syllabification(key): nää
- Hyphenation(key): nää
Interjection
nää
- alternative form of nääh
German Low German
Alternative forms
Adverb
nää
- (Low Prussian) alternative form of nee