nää

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "naa"

Alemannic German

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Etymology

From 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

Verb

nää (third-person singular simple present nimt, past participle gnaa, past subjunctive nääm, auxiliary haa)

  1. 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?

Finnish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nää

  1. (colloquial) nominative plural of nämä
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Etymology 2

From sinä, possibly through intermediate snää. Compare dialectal sää.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nää (dialectal)

  1. (Oulu) Synonym of sinä

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

nää

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of nähdä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative
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Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Interjection

nää

  1. Alternative form of nääh

German Low German

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Adverb

nää

  1. (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee
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