See also: Joan and Jóan

English edit

Verb edit

joan (third-person singular simple present joans, present participle joaning, simple past and past participle joaned)

  1. Alternative form of jone

Basque edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Basque *e-oHa-n.

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟoan/ [ɟo.ãn]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xoan/ [xo.ãn]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒoan/ [d͡ʒo.ãn]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /joan/ [jo.ãn]

Verb edit

joan da/zaio (imperfect participle joaten, future participle joango or joanen, short form joan, verbal noun joate)

  1. to go
    Zergatik ez goaz etxera?Why don't we go home?
    Datorren urtean Estatu Batuetara joango naiz.Next year I will go to the United States.
  2. to concern, affect, involve
    Ez sartu zuri ez doazkizun kontuetan.Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.

Usage notes edit

Joan only means "to concern" when there is a dative (NORI) argument present. This can either be expressed synthetically in the verb joan or as a form of the auxiliary verb izan.

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • joan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • joan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish dend. Cognate with Irish deannach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

joan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. dust

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
joan yoan n'yoan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Mokilese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

joan

  1. (pathology) psoriasis