neb
- (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forToura.
FromMiddle Englishneb, fromOld Englishnebb(“beak, nose, face”), fromProto-Germanic*nabją(“beak, nose”). Cognate withDanishnæb,Dutchneb,GermanSchnabel,Old Norsenef,Swedishnäbb,Swedish regionalnäv.
neb (pluralnebs)
- (now dialectal) A bird'sbeak orbill.
- (obsolete) A person'smouth.
- (now dialectal) A person'snose.
- (now dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
- (now dialectal) Thenose orsnout of an animal, now especially of afish.
- (now dialectal) A projectingextremity; apoint or sharp projection.
1658,Sir Thomas Browne,The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published2007, page183:In Acorns thenebb dilating splitteth the two sides, which sometimes lye whole, when the Oak is sproated two handfuls.
- (now dialectal) Anib, as of apen.
- “neb”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “neb”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “neb”, inA Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear:Northumbria University Press,→ISBN.
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neb
- (archaic)or
- (literary)because,as,since
- Synonyms:protože,jelikož,poněvadž,neboť
- “neb”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
- “neb”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
FromProto-Celtic*nekʷos(“someone, something”), whence alsoOld Irishnech(“anyone; no-one”),[1] fromProto-Indo-European*né(negative particle) +Proto-Indo-European*kʷos(“which, that”). Cognate withLatviannekas(“nothing”).[2]
neb
- nobody,no-one
- ^R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “neb”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^Morris Jones, John (1913)A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press,§ 170 vi (1)
neb
- you two(second person dual)
- your(second person dual)
- Ernest E. Heimbach,White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
