English

Proper noun

Nene

1. A river that rises in Northamptonshire and flows to the sea at the Wash

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛnɛʔ/

Noun

Nene

1. A common nickname given to a young Filipina.

   "Nene" ang tawag namin kay Ederlyn.

   "Nene" is what we call Ederlyn.

English

Noun

nene ‎(plural nenes)

1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, now the state bird of Hawaii.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 37:

     The nene is a handsome bird that almost became extinct in the wild but was reintroduced successfully from ones bred in captivity.

Synonyms

• Hawaiian goose
• nēnē goose

Translations

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛnɛ/

Noun

nene

1. eye

Baré

Noun

nene

1. tongue

   nunene — my tongue

   nenehei — a tongue (any tongue in general)

References

• Languages of the Amazon (2012, ISBN 0199593566)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nene

1. grandmother

Monguor

Noun

nene

1. female

References

• Üjiyediin Chuluu, Introduction, Grammar and Sample Sentences for Monguor (1994), page 4

Romanian

Alternative forms

• nea

Etymology

Cf. Bulgarian [script needed] ‎(nenja), Serbo-Croatian nena.

Noun

nene m ‎(uncountable)

1. (popular, familiar) Term used by children or young people to address an older man, especially an uncle.
2. (familiar) Term to address someone used in general to express disapproval, or surprise, sometimes satisfaction, etc.

Synonyms

• neică, bade

See also

• unchi

Spanish

Noun

nene m ‎(plural nenes, feminine nena)

1. baby

Swahili

Adjective

-nene ‎(declinable)

1. fat

Usage notes

Only used of people; for animals, use -nono.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛnɛʔ/

Noun

nene

1. Appellation for a little girl.

Turkish

Noun

nene ‎(definite accusative neneyi, plural neneler)

1. (colloquial) grandmother

Declension

Synonyms

• nine