nawet

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of na +‎ wet, from Middle High German wette (“repayment”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈna.vɛt/
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  • Rhymes: -avɛt
  • Syllabification: na‧wet

Particle

nawet

  1. even

Usage notes

When used in questions, the word is never synonymous with "at least", unlike English even; for that sense, choć or chociaż is used instead.

Descendants
  • → Belarusian: на́ват (návat)
  • → Ukrainian: на́віть (návitʹ)

Further reading
  • nawet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • nawet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Wolof

Pronunciation
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Noun

nawet (definite form nawet bi)

  1. rainy season

Verb

nawet

  1. to spend the rainy season (somewhere)

Derived terms
  • nawetaan
  • nawetal

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French navette.

Noun

nawet (definite form nawet bi)

  1. shuttle (sliding thread holder in a sewing machine)
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