nä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- any det Used to refer to one or some of a thing, without specifying which, especially in questions and negatives.
- en noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.
- gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- nah intj An informal way of saying "no."
- reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
- well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.
Senses
nä is used for these senses in English:
- en When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".
- any To even the slightest extent, at all.
- gain (transitive) To reach.
- get (intransitive, informal, mostly, imperative) To go, to leave; to scram.
- nah (informal) No.
- reach (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- well Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.
any — full definition
- det Used to refer to one or some of a thing, without specifying which, especially in questions and negatives.
- det No matter which one; every single one, without exception.
- adv At all; to any extent (used to intensify a comparison, usually negative).
- pron Any person or thing at all, unspecified.
en — full definition
- noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.
- noun The name of the letter N in the Latin alphabet.