nei

See also: NEI, néi, nèi, něi, -nei, and ne'i

Chuukese

Determiner

nei

  1. First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)
Chuukese possessive determiners
Small objects, concepts Large objects, living things Suffix
Singular First person ainei-ei
Second person omw, omnoum-om
Third person announ-an
PluralFirst person äm (exclusive)
ach (inclusive)		nöu̇m (exclusive)
nöüch (inclusive)		-em (exclusive)
-ach (inclusive)
Second person ämi, aminoumi-emi
Third person arnour-er

Esperanto

Etymology

ne +‎ -i

Verb

nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)

  1. to deny (assert that something is not true)

Conjugation
Conjugation of nei
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense neas neis neos
active participle neanta neantaj neinta neintaj neonta neontaj
acc. neantan neantajn neintan neintajn neontan neontajn
passive participle neata neataj neita neitaj neota neotaj
acc. neatan neatajn neitan neitajn neotan neotajn
nominal active participle neanto neantoj neinto neintoj neonto neontoj
acc. neanton neantojn neinton neintojn neonton neontojn
nominal passive participle neato neatoj neito neitoj neoto neotoj
acc. neaton neatojn neiton neitojn neoton neotojn
adverbial active participle neante neinte neonte
adverbial passive participle neate neite neote
infinitive nei imperative neu conditional neus

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naiː/
  • Rhymes: -aiː
  • Homophone: neig

Adverb

nei

  1. no

Synonyms

Antonyms

German Low German

Alternative forms

Adverb

nei

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee

Gothic

Romanization

nei

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neiː/
  • Rhymes: -eiː

Adverb

nei

  1. no

Synonyms
  • (no): neibb (informal), nau, nauts (children's slang)

Antonyms
  • (no): já, júts (children's slang), jú (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative)

Anagrams

Italian

Contraction

nei

  1. contraction of in i; in the

Noun

nei m

  1. plural of neo

Latin

Noun

neī

  1. genitive singular of neon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑɪ̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Adjective

nei (masculine neien, neuter neit, comparative méi nei, superlative am neisten)

  1. new

Declension
declension of nei
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass nei si ass nei et ass nei si si(nn) nei
without article nominative/accusative neien nei neit nei
dative neiem neier neiem neien
with article nominative/accusative neien nei neit nei
dative neien neier neien neien

Mandarin

Romanization

nei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of něi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nèi.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nī, which derives from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Cognates include West Frisian nij.

Adjective

nei (comparative neier, superlative neist)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) new
    en neien waanj, nei eerdaapler
    a new car, new potatoes

Usage notes

After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun nei changes to neien.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /næɪ/

Adverb

nei

  1. no

Antonyms

Interjection

nei

  1. no

Noun

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)

  1. no

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /næɪ/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

nei

  1. no

Antonyms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).

Adverb

nei

  1. no

Descendants
  • Norwegian: nei
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nei
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: nei
  • Swedish: nej

References
  • nei in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German niuwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.

Adjective

nei

  1. new

Rapa Nui

Noun

nei

  1. here

Pronoun

nei

  1. this

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nei̯/

Verb

nei

  1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of gwneud

West Frisian

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • (Clay) IPA(key): /nai̯/
  • (Wood) IPA(key): /nɛi̯/

Preposition

nei

  1. towards
  2. after (time)
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