nää
See also: Appendix:Variations of "naa"
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editnää (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
editEtymology 1
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editnää
- (colloquial) nominative plural of nämä
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
editFrom sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editnää (dialectal)
- (Oulu) Synonym of sinä
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editVerb
editnää
- (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of nähdä:
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 4
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editnää
- Alternative form of nääh
German Low German
editAlternative forms
editAdverb
editnää
- (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee
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