Added 10 October 2026
ne
/nə/ symbol
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adverb
- "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Origin
From Middle English ne, from Old English ne, from Proto-West Germanic *ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌹 (ni), Latin nē, Sanskrit न (na), Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian and Russian не (ne), Lithuanian ne, Irish ní.
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