# nei
## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* neu (Ripuarian)

### Etymology

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

### Adjective

nei
* (Moselle Franconian) new

## Chuukese
### Determiner

nei
* First-person singular possessive; my (used with a special class of objects including living things)

#### Related terms

| | | Small objects, concepts | Large objects, living things | Suffix |
| Singular | First person | ai | nei | -ei |
| Singular | Second person | omw, om | noum | -om |
| Singular | Third person | an | noun | -an |
| Plural | First person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) | nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) | -em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
| Plural | Second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi |
| Plural | Third person | ar | nour | -er |

## East Central German
### Etymology 1

A parallel development to standard German hinein.

#### Adverb

nei
* (Erzgebirgisch) in (away from the speaker)

##### Derived terms

* neibeißn
* neibuttrn
* neifahrn

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

#### Adjective

nei
* (Erzgebirgisch) new

##### Related terms

* neibackn
* Neibauwuhning
* neideitsch
* Neigrosch
* neilich
* neimodsch

### Further reading

* 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ne (“no”) +‎ -i (infinitive verb suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnei]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ei
* Hyphenation: ne‧i

### Verb

nei (present neas, past neis, future neos, conditional neus, volitive neu)
* to say no, to reply in negation or disagreement
    Antonym: jesi
    nei demandon / nei al demando ― to say no to a question
    Ŝi neis per kapskuo. ― She replied no with a shake of the head.
* to deny (assert that something is not true)
    Synonym: negi
    nei la ekziston de Dio ― to deny the existence of God
    Oni simple ne povas nei faktojn. ― You simply can't deny facts.

#### Derived terms

* neado

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naiː/
* Rhymes: -aiː
* Homophone: neig

### Adverb

nei
* no
    Synonym: neiggj
    Antonyms: ja, jú, júgv

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* nee, nää, nä (Low Prussian)
* ne, neh, nej (in various dialects)

### Adverb

nei
* (Low Prussian) Alternative form of nee

## Gothic
### Romanization

nei
* Romanization of 𐌽𐌴𐌹

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naɪ̯/

### Adjective

nei (comparative neier, superlative neiest)
* new

#### Derived terms

* Neichkeet

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neiː/
* Rhymes: -eiː

### Interjection

nei
* no
    Synonyms: (informal) neibb, nau, (children's slang) nauts
    Antonyms: já, (children's slang) júts, (implies a positive contradiction, used to contradict a negative) jú
* exclamation indicating being pleasantly surprised
    Nei, en gaman! ― Oh how fun!
    Nei, hæ! ― What a surprise to see you here!

### Noun

nei n (genitive singular neis, nominative plural nei)
* a no

#### Declension
### References

* Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “nei”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

### Anagrams

* ein

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^{°°}$/nej/
* Rhymes: -ej
* Hyphenation: nei

#### Contraction

nei
* contraction of in i; in the

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛ.i/
* Rhymes: -ɛi
* Hyphenation: nè‧i

#### Noun

nei m
* plural of neo

### References

* 1 2 nei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ nei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* -ine

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* neī: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈne.iː/, [ˈneiː]
* neī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.i/, [ˈnɛːi]
* nei: (Classical Latin) IPA: /nei̯/, [nɛi̯]
* nei: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /nej/, [nɛj]

### Noun

neī
* genitive singular of neon

### Adverb

nei
* Early Latin form of nē
** c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
    𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic: cognate to Latvian nei, Proto-Slavic *ni .

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Conjunction

nei
* neither ... nor
* than
    Synonym: už

### References

* ↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) “331”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page nei

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Cognate with German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, West Frisian nij.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nai̯/, [nɑɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑɪ

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* erneieren
* fonkelnei
* Neiegkeet
* Neiliicht

## Mandarin
### Romanization

nei (nei$^5$ / nei$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄟ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哪

### Romanization

nei
* Nonstandard spelling of néi.
* Nonstandard spelling of něi.
* Nonstandard spelling of nèi.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* nai (Mooring)
* nii (Sylt)

### Etymology

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

### Adjective

nei
* (Föhr-Amrum) new
    en neien waanj ― a new car
    nei eerdaapler ― new potatoes

#### Inflection
## 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: /næɪ/

### Adverb

nei
* no
    Antonyms: ja, jo

#### Related terms

* neida

### Interjection

nei
* no

### Noun

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia or neiene)
* no

### References

* “nei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛɪː/

#### Interjection

nei
* no (used to show disagreement or negation)
    Antonyms: jau, jo
* no (used to express displeasure)
    Antonym: ja

#### Noun

nei n (definite singular neiet, indefinite plural nei, definite plural neia)
* a no
    Antonyms: ja, jo

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛɪː/

#### Verb

nei
* imperative of neia

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneːɪ/

#### Noun

nei n
* (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne

### References

* “nei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ein

## Old Frisian
### Alternative forms

* nā, nēy

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Saxon nāh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneːi̯/

### Adjective

nēi (comparative niār, superlative nēst)
* near

### Preposition

nēi (+ dative)
* after, according to

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: nai
* West Frisian: nei

### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Old Norse
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

nei
* no

#### Descendants

* Danish: nej
* Faroese: nei, neiggj
* Icelandic: nei
* Norwegian: nei
** Norwegian Bokmål: nei
** Norwegian Nynorsk: nei
* Swedish: nej
* → Middle English: nai, naie, nei, næi
** English: nay
** Yola: naay, na

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nei”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi. Compare German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new.

### Adjective

nei
* new

## Rapa Nui
### Noun

nei
* here

### Pronoun

nei
* this

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *nei. Cognates include Hawaiian nei and Samoan nei.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈne.i]
* Hyphenation: ne‧i

### Determiner

nei
* this, these

#### See also
### Adverb

nei
* now

### Particle

nei
* Emphasises a question; what do you say?

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 250

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* gwnei, gnei

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nei̯/
* Rhymes: -ei̯

### Verb

nei (not mutable)
* second-person singular future colloquial of gwneud

## West Frisian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Clay) IPA: /nai̯/
* (Wood) IPA: /nɛi̯/

### Preposition

nei
* towards
* after (time)