Shetland Words:N
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- naust = (n) a beach shelter for a small boat (also: noost)
- neb = hen's beak
- neeb = (v) nod
- neebit = (v) nodded (I neebit aff afore da TV.)
- neer = kidney (I winder foo muckle swash by feth, is passed trowe my neers an turned ta greth.)
- neesik = porpoise
- ness = headland
- nev = clenched fist (He shook his nev i me face.)
- nicht = night
- nile = plug in bottom of boat
- nordert = northward, northerly
- nyarg = nag
- nyarm = cry
- nyitter = (v) natter in an awkward offensive manner (He wis nyitterin i me face)
- nyug = nudge
- nyuggel = water fairy
