different between nyc vs nye

English

Etymology

A shortened spelling of nice; y often represents ? (as distinct from i = ?) in spellings of this kind.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /na?s/
• Homophone: nice

Adjective

nyc (comparative nycer, superlative nycest)

1. (nonstandard) nice
   • 1999: bertvc, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): CROWNIN MS.BERT --KWEEN UV DUH MAY, the 13^th day of May at 7 o’clock a.m.

     An efun tho da weather is nycer now there is still lotsa strays dat need fud.

   • 2000: katkrazy>, rec.pets.cats.community (Google group): OH NO! Bathed!, the 15^th day of April at 7 o’clock a.m.

     Thu EERS is owers, an yu must haffa nycest wun, kos yuse myne speshal gurl…

   • 2010: Rohit Agarwal, Hospitality & Public Relations (Google group): Great Work!, the 8^th day of January at 9:09am

     gud abhay… hahahah… nyc one… :P

Anagrams

• CNY, cyn-

English

Etymology

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?/
• Homophone: nigh

Noun

nye (plural nyes)

1. A brood or flock of pheasants.

Anagrams

• -yne, Ney, Yen, eny, ney, yen

Albanian

Noun

nye m (indefinite plural neje, definite singular neni, definite plural nejet)

1. (Gheg) Alternative form of nyjë

Danish

Adjective

nye

1. definite/plural of ny

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naje/

Noun

nye

1. needle

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?Du?bea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Pronoun

nye

1. I

Verb

nye

1. to swerve
2. to swing

Igbo

Verb

nyè

1. give

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Prepositional phrase

nye

1. Alternative form of naye

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nyé

1. one

Inflection

Swedish

Adjective

nye

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of ny.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one

2. some

3. another

4. additional, more

Usage notes

• This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
• The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".

Inflection

Derived terms

• kanye
• ubunye

See also

• -dwa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “-nye”