ねーん【無ん】 : neen | define meaning

Cognate with standard Japanese ない【無い】 nai "to not be".

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

• Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Have not got. Nang‡, or Nárang. ‡ A negative in frequent use", "Say it, I cannot. Nárang. † Narang, or nang, is used on most occasions as the negative", "Have not got water. Meézee nárang",  "Nang, nárang, and náshee are negatives used with a substantive, and are always placed after it, as koómoo nang, no clouds; meézee nárang, no water; and feéjee náshee, no beard", "I never drink tea. Cha noódee nárang", and "Tayin and you never drink wine. Táyin ya sac'kkee noódee nárang".