netu

Borrowed from Catalan or French net, or Italian netto, all from Vulgar Latin *nittus, syncopated from Latin nitidus. Doublet of nidiu, inherited from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnetu/ [ˈne.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -etu
• Syllabification: ne‧tu

netu m sg (feminine singular neta, neuter singular neto, masculine plural netos, feminine plural netes)

1. true, pure, authentic

   Synonyms: verdaderu, auténticu, veru

   Elli ye asturianu netu

   He's a true asturian

   • 1903, Emilio Martínez, ¡Probe España!‎^[1]:

     ye, más que obligación, xosticia neta.

     It is, more than an obligation, true justice.

   • 1904, Marcos del Torniello, La muyer avilesina‎^[2]:

     Ye la neña más cuca, la más neta,

     She's the cutest girl, the truest,

2. very similar, identical, the same

   Synonyms: igual, cuspíu, hermanu

   • 2019, Nicolás Bardio, La Colomina 36:

     La cacía taba ordenao, neto que la montonera de llibros que teníen.

     The dishes were tidy, just like the pile of books they had.

• “netu (adjective)”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “netu (adjective)”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.tuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.t̪u]

nētū

1. ablative supine of neō

netu

1. genitive/dative singular of netar (“leader”)

netu

1. imperative active third-person singular of neti (“to lead”)