-an-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
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Suffix edit
-an-
- Root form of -ano
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From Esperanto -an-, from English -an, French -en, Italian -ano, -ana, Spanish -ano, -ana, from Latin -ānus.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-an-
- a person that is "a member of..."
- an individual pertaining to a class (city, country, ensembly)
- a person or a thing that pertain to a domain (country, society)
Derived terms edit
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
This is really an interfix variant of the suffix -an, used to form directional adverbs. From Old Norse suffix -an, from Proto-Germanic *-anē, used to denote ablativ adverbs.
Interfix edit
-an-
- Used to bind together a directional adverb and a preposition to create composite ones.
Usage notes edit
- Alternatively, -a- may be used preceding a consonant (bortantil or bortatil), but never preceding a vowel (only bortanom). The same rules also apply (and have also applied) to compounds where -a(n)- is not strictly an interfix, but a part of the word itself (ovanpå or ovapå). These have been the current rules since a 2022 spelling decision.[1]