nene
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nene"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hawaiian nēnē, which is imitative of the bird’s call.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪneɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪˌneɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪneɪ
- Hyphenation: ne‧ne
Noun
[edit]nene (plural nenes or nene)
- The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- 1980, Janet Kear, A. J. Berger, “The Hawaiian Goose or Nene”, in The Hawaiian Goose: An Experiment in Conservation, Calton, Staffordshire: T. & A. D. Poyser, →ISBN; reprinted London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 2010, →ISBN, page 42:
- Ohelo Vaccinium reticulatum (and V. peleanum) and kukaenene Coprosma ernodeoides […] are the most important berries in the Nenes’ diet, and it is probably from such juicy fruit that much of their water intake comes.
- 1991, Susan Scott, Plants and Animals of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hi.: Bess Press, →ISBN, page 123:
- Today, both wild and domestic dogs are a serious threat to Hawai‘i's native wildlife. The dogs prey on both seabirds and open country birds, especially the Hawaiian goose, nēnē. However, feral dogs aren't all bad, because one of their favorite foods is rats.
- 1993, Marion Coste, Nēnē (Kolowalu Book), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 20:
- Scientists think the nēnē descended from Canada geese that landed on Hawai‘i long before humans arrived. As they survived on the isolated islands for generation after generation, the geese gradually changed, becoming a new species. Today's nēnē, unlike its water-loving ancestor, is a land bird.
- 2004, Richard [Alan] Fortey, The Earth: An Intimate History, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN; republished London: Folio Society, 2011, →OCLC, page 37:
- The nene is a handsome bird that almost became extinct in the wild but was reintroduced successfully from ones bred in captivity.
- 2011, Sara Benson, “Haleakala National Park”, in Maui: Must-do Hikes for Everyone (Top Trails), Birmingham, Ala.: Wilderness Press, →ISBN, page 197:
- Among the iconic flora and fauna found here are […] the endangered nene (Hawaiian goose). After almost going extinct, nene were reintroduced into the national park in 1962 when Boy Scouts carried geese that had been raised in captivity down into Haleakala volcano in their backpacks.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Branta sandvicensis
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Further reading
[edit]- nene (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Abau
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene
Baré
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene
- tongue
- nunene — my tongue
- nenehei — a tongue (any tongue in general)
References
[edit]- Alexandra Y[urievna] Aikhenvald (2012) The Languages of the Amazon, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Chuj
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene
References
[edit]- Jessica Coon, Unergatives, antipassives, and roots in Chuj (2016), p. 24
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene
Hawaiian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nene
- to stir
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 70
Kongo
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nene
Mauritian Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene
References
[edit]- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Romanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cf. Bulgarian неня (nenja), Serbo-Croatian nena.
Noun
[edit]nene m (uncountable)
- (popular, familiar) Term used by children or young people to address an older man, especially an uncle.
- (familiar) Term to address someone used in general to express disapproval, or surprise, sometimes satisfaction, etc.
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic; compare niño (“boy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene m or f (plural nenes, feminine nena, feminine plural nenas) (colloquial)
- young child; kid; baby
- Coordinate term: niño
- (familiar) babe; baby; kiddo (term of endearment for usually a male, female equivalent: nena)
Hyponyms
[edit]- (colloquial) nene de mamá (“mama's boy, momma's boy”)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-nene (declinable)
Usage notes
[edit]Only used of people; for animals, use -nono.
Declension
[edit]Inflected forms of -nene
Noun class | singular | plural |
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m-wa class(I/II) | mnene | wanene |
m-mi class(III/IV) | mnene | minene |
ji-ma class(V/VI) | nene | manene |
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kinene | vinene |
n class(IX/X) | nene | nene |
u class(XI) | mnene | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
pa class(XVI) | panene | |
ku class(XVII) | kunene | |
mu class(XVIII) | munene |
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- unene (“thickness, obesity”)
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a native word or borrowed from Spanish nene (“young child; kid; kiddo; baby; babe”). See also Japanese ねんね (nenne, “childish person (esp. a young woman); baby”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈneneʔ/ [ˈn̪ɛː.n̪ɛʔ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eneʔ
- Syllabification: ne‧ne
Noun
[edit]nenè (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈᜒ)
- (endearing) appellation for a little girl
- Synonym: ineng
- younger sister
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nene”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]nene (definite accusative neneyi, plural neneler)
Declension
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Nominative | nene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | neneyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | nene | neneler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | neneyi | neneleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | neneye | nenelere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | nenede | nenelerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | neneden | nenelerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | nenenin | nenelerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪneɪ
- Rhymes:English/eɪneɪ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Geese
- Abau terms with IPA pronunciation
- Abau lemmas
- Abau nouns
- Baré lemmas
- Baré nouns
- Chuj lemmas
- Chuj nouns
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian verbs
- Kongo lemmas
- Kongo adjectives
- Mauritian Creole terms derived from French
- Mauritian Creole lemmas
- Mauritian Creole nouns
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Romanian familiar terms
- Spanish onomatopoeias
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ene
- Rhymes:Spanish/ene/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Spanish familiar terms
- Spanish endearing terms
- Spanish terms of address
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili adjectives
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eneʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/eneʔ/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog endearing terms
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish colloquialisms