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Etymology
From Old French anee, from an (“year”) from Latin annus (“year”). Perhaps alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *annāta, from Latin annō, annāre, compare French année, Walloon anêye, Italian annata.
Noun
onnaïe f (plural onnaïes)
- (Guernsey) year
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:Si le soleil liet à méjour, le jour de Noué, il y aura bien des faeux l'annaïe ensuivant.- If the sun shines at noon on Christmas Day, there will be many fires lighted in the ensuing year.
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