netu

See also: ñetu

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan or French net, or Italian netto, all from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus. Doublet of nidiu, inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnetu/ [ˈne.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -etu
  • Syllabification: ne‧tu

Adjective

netu m sg (feminine singular neta, neuter singular neto, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netes)

  1. true, pure, authentic
    Synonyms: verdaderu, auténticu, veru
    Elli ye asturianu netu
    He's a true asturian
    • 1903, Emilio Martínez, ¡Probe España!‎[1]:
      ye, más que obligación, xosticia neta.
      It is, more than an obligation, true justice.
    • 1904, Marcos del Torniello, La muyer avilesina‎[2]:
      Ye la neña más cuca, la más neta,
      She's the cutest girl, the truest,
  2. very similar, identical, the same
    Synonyms: igual, cuspíu, hermanu
    • 2019, Nicolás Bardio, La Colomina 36:
      La cacía taba ordenao, neto que la montonera de llibros que teníen.
      The dishes were tidy, just like the pile of books they had.

References

  • “netu” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Latin

Verb

nētū

  1. ablative supine of neō

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀦𑁂𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • नेतु (Devanagari script)
  • নেতু (Bengali script)
  • නෙතු (Sinhalese script)
  • နေတု or ၼေတု (Burmese script)
  • เนตุ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩮᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເນຕຸ (Lao script)
  • នេតុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄬𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

netu

  1. genitive/dative singular of netar (“leader”)

Verb

netu

  1. imperative active third-person singular of neti (“to lead”)
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