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oan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oan"

Breton

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *oɨn, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, compare Welsh oen, Old Irish úan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

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oan m (plural ein)

  1. lamb
    Oan Doue ― Lamb of God

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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oan

  1. first-person singular imperfect of bezañ
    Trist e oan.
    I was sad.

Finnish

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Noun

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oan

  1. genitive singular of oka

Anagrams

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin hōc annō.

Adverb

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oan

  1. this year

Descendants

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  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ujan
  • Gallo: ouan
  • Middle French: ouan, enwan
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: ouan

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Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, compare Malay anak.

Noun

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oan

  1. son
  2. offspring

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 冤 (“unjust/to wrong”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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oan • (寃)

  1. wronged; victimized; persecuted
  2. wrongful; unjust; unrighteous

Adverb

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oan • (寃)

  1. wrongfully; unjustly; unfairly

Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian on, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an. Cognates include Dutch aan, Low German an and English on.

Preposition

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oan

  1. on (not "on top of")
    Example: "oan 'e oare kant" (on the other hand, lit, "on the other side")
    Example: "it skilderij hinget oan 'e muorre" (the painting hangs on the wall)
  2. to, towards

Derived terms

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Yola

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Yola cardinal numbers
1 2  > 
    Cardinal : oan

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English oon, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain. Cognates include English one and Scots ane.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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oan (plural oanès)

  1. one
    Synonym: o

Pronoun

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oan

  1. one
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:
      Ye be welcome hearthillee, ivery oan.
      You are heartily welcome, every one.
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
      But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

Adjective

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oan

  1. one
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
      * * * * oan anooree
      [* * * * one another]
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;
      Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60 & 94
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