maan
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch maan, from Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑːn/
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Amis
References
- “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
Chuukese
Alternative forms
References
- A sketch of Trukese grammar (1965)
- Trukese-English Dictionary (1990)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːn/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: maan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The Germanic word was originally masculine (compare German Mond), but it became feminine in Early Middle Dutch (perhaps by analogy with zon).
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch māne, from Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːn/, [ˈmɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Syllabification(key): maan
Etymology 2
Possibly a folk etymology of maar, reinterpreted as maan (the genitive singular of maa; see etymology 1).
Adverb
maan
Usage notes
Very often prefixed with niin (niin maan).
Anagrams
Nzadi
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
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