单词 | netop |
释义 | netopn. U.S. regional (chiefly New England). Now historical. (a) A friend, a close companion. Frequently used in salutation to an American Indian by early colonists. (b) A name for: an American Indian. Cf. neechee n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > close associate or companion farrowa700 fellowa1225 playferec1225 companiona1325 matec1380 gossea1549 comrade1591 comrado1598 netop1643 butty1791 left bower1829 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 cobber1895 bredda1969 bredren1980 1643 R. Williams Key into Lang. Amer. i. 2 What cheare Nétop? is the generall salutation of all English toward them, Nétop is friend. Netompaüog, friends. 1662 A. Akerley in C. J. Hoadly Rec. Colony or Jurisdict. New Haven (1858) II. 461 The Indian..shooke her..by ye hand, and asked her where her netop was. 1704 S. Knight Jrnl. 38 You speak negro to him... Hah! says Netop, now me stomany that. a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 371 Was but like th'indian broths of Garbag'd deer With which the Netop entertain his guests When almost starv'd. 1760 S. Niles Indian Wars I. 229 Mr. Wheelwright..should be such a netop's servant. 1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 ii. 498 Netop, an Indian word which, a friend informs me, is still in use in conversations in a few towns in the interior of Massachusetts, to signify a friend, or (to use a cant word) a crony. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 20 Among the rare exceptions is the word netop, used by the New England Indians in the sense of ‘my friend’. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxxiii. 289 She gave a little laugh. ‘Mr. Harum and I are great “neetups”, as he says. Is “neetups” a nice word?’ she asked, looking at her companion. ‘I should think so if I were in Mr. Harum's place,’ said John. ‘It means “cronies”, I believe, in his dictionary.’ 1984 Verbatim Winter 6/1 Netop, ‘friend’, often used in salutation to an Indian by the American colonists. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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