nia
particleattested in dialogue
- //njɑ(ː)˨//
Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
particle
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Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia.
Etymology
From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”).
NG · Not OK. Initialism of no good.Ni · A surname from Chinese.NI · Lower Saxony, a federal state of Germany.
nia · Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
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