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Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech nenie, from a supposed earlier *nie, itself a contraction of ne- + je, by adding another negative prefix to make the negative more distinct.
Pronunciation
Verb
není
- third-person singular present indicative of nebýt
Usage notes
- This is an irregular negative of je. Other Czech words become negative by the addition of the prefix ne-.
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “není”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 449
Huichol
Etymology
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Noun
není (plural neníte)
- tongue
References
- McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1954) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18
- McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1996) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïiquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol (in Spanish), unpublished edition, page 18