English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. As interrogative particle: "isn't that the case?"; also used with emphatic effect.

Word forms

Etymology

From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.

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