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nae

negative particletime

Shetland word meaning no or not

A negative word meaning 'no' or 'not', used to refuse or negate (e.g. 'nae time' = 'no time').

Example in use

A'm nae gaein oot.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/NAY/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: no

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