FromOld Czechnenie, from a supposed earlier*nie, itself a contraction ofne- +‎je, by adding another negative prefix to make the negative more distinct.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛɲiː]

není

1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofnebýt

• This is an irregular negative ofje. Other Czech words become negative by the addition of the prefixne-.

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není (pluralneníte)

1. tongue

• McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1954)ꞌNiuqui ꞌïquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.:Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page18
• McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1996)ꞌNiuqui ꞌïiquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol‎^[2] (in Spanish), unpublished edition, page18

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