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na

Pronunciation: /naː/

“na” is a Welsh word. Its 5 meanings in English:

particle

  1. not (in answers and tag questions)
  2. don’t (with verbs in the imperative mood)

conjunction

  1. that … not (introduces a negative noun clause)
  2. than
  3. neither, nor

Etymology

From Middle Welsh nac, from Proto-Brythonic *nag, from Proto-Celtic *nekʷe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (negative particle) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Old Irish nach and Latin neque.

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