neet

neet (plural neets)

1. Alternative letter-case form of NEET.

neet (plural neets)

1. (Yorkshire, archaic) Alternative form of night.

   It does get dark of a neet when t'mooin in't aat

• -teen, -tene, EENT, teen

From Middle Dutch nete, from Old Dutch *nita, from Proto-Germanic *hnitō.

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• Rhymes: -eːt

neet f (plural neten, diminutive neetje n)

1. nit; egg of a louse

• luis

• eten, teen

Cognate with Dutch niet.

neet

1. used to express negation: not

• ne

From Proto-Finnic *nek, from Proto-Uralic *ne. Cognates include Finnish ne and Estonian need.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈneːt/, [ˈneːd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈneːt/, [ˈne̝ːd̥]
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: neet

neet

1. these, those (not bound to a specific location)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Höö kavvaa katsoit niitä ja mitäle meinaisivat keskenää.

     They were looking at these for a long time and discussing something among each other.

neet

1. these, those (not bound to a specific location)

• Se and neet are anaphoric: That is to say they refer to something previously mentioned (or soon afterwards mentioned) in the conversation. In contrast, too and noo are deictic, and thus refer to physical entities.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 338
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 13-14

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wihtą (“thing”).

• IPA^(key): /neːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt

neet (Eupen)

1. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)

neet (Eupen)

1. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?

neet (plural neets)

1. nit (egg of a louse)