nej

nej

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Neko.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Neko terms

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/, [najˀ]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ
• Rhymes: -aj

From Swedish nej, from Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

nej

1. no
2. oh, oh no

nej n (singular definite nejet, plural indefinite nejer)

1. no

See neje (“to curtsey”).

nej

1. imperative of neje

• “nej” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nej” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Back-formation or rebracketing of the possessive form neje into nej + e instead of earlier ne + je (< nő + je).

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛj]

nej (plural nejek)^[1]

1. (proscribed) synonym of feleség (“wife”)

From Arabic نَيِّئ (nayyiʔ).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/

nej (feminine singular nejja, plural nejjin)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unripe

• jej

• IPA^(key): [ɲej]

nej

1. genitive/dative/locative of ona

Used after prepositions.

From Old Swedish næi, from Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *né, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /naj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj, (Scania) -aj

nej (not comparable)

1. no; a negative answer

   Nej, jag har inga pengar med mig.

   No, I have no money with me.

• ja, jo

• nja

nej n

1. a no, a nay; a negative answer or vote

• nej in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nej in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nej in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mi̯əu (“you all”).

• IPA^(key): /ne˥˧/

nej

1. you (three or more: second person plural)
2. your (three or more: second person plural)

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 136.
• Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN.