nevvy

发音

/ˈnɛvi/

词形变化

nevvies 复数 nevvies

别名

nevey nevvie neffy nevy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A nephew.

    英国 非正式 方言
  2. 2.

    A grandson.

    英国 方言

词源

Possibly from neve and/or nephew + -y, but compare (now mostly obsolete) widespread dialectal forms such as /ˈɑːɡi/, /ˈɑɹɡi/ argy (“argue”) and /ˈvali/, /ˈvæli/ vally (“value”) with /i/ for unstressed standard English /juː/.

来源：wiktionary