neb

neb

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Toura.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Toura terms

• nib

From Middle English neb, from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak, nose”). Cognate with Danish næb, Dutch neb, German Schnabel, Old Norse nef, Swedish näbb, Swedish regional näv.

• IPA^(key): /nɛb/

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• Rhymes: -ɛb

neb (plural nebs)

2. (now dialectal) A bird's beak.

   Alternative form: nib

   Synonyms: bill, pecker

3. (obsolete) A person's mouth.
4. (now dialectal) A person's nose.
5. (now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
6. (now dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
7. (now dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 183:

     In Acorns the nebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.

8. (now dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.

• nebby (Geordie, US)

• nib
• nipple

• “neb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “neb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “neb”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

• Ben, EbN, NbE, ben

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• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛp

neb

1. (archaic) or
2. (literary) because, as, since

   Synonyms: protože, jelikož, poněvadž, neboť

• “neb”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “neb”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Celtic *nekʷos (“someone, something”), whence also Old Irish nech (“anyone; no-one”), from Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) + Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“which, that”). Cognate with Latvian nekas (“nothing”).

• IPA^(key): /neːb/

neb

1. nobody, no-one

• pawb (“everyone”)
• pwy (“who”)
• rhywun (“someone”)
• unrhyw un (“anyone”)

• IPA^(key): /ne˥/

neb

1. you two (second person dual)
2. your (second person dual)

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)