netop

Borrowed from Narragansett netoup, netop (“my friend, companion”). Compare Abenaki nidôba (“my friend”).

netop (plural netops)

1. (US, New England dialect, possibly archaic) Friend.

Formerly used by colonists when greeting Native Americans.

• Ponte

From net +‎ op. Cf. Norwegian Bokmål nettopp, Norwegian Nynorsk nettopp and rarely used Swedish nättupp.

netop

1. precisely [this]; [this] very

   Det er ironisk nok netop denne egenskab der forhindrer dem i at fortsætte.

   It is, ironically enough, precisely this property that prevents them from continuing.

   It is, ironically enough, this very property that prevents them from continuing.

2. just, just now

   Han var netop gået da du bankede på.

   He had just left when you knocked.

   Synonyms: lige, just

The initial n- represents the first person pronoun.^[1]

nétop (plural netompaûog)

1. my friend

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 2