gane
Asturian edit
Verb edit
gane
Galician edit
Verb edit
gane
- inflection of ganir:
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From gans (“shepherd”) + -e (“fem.”).
Noun edit
gane f (5th declension, masculine form: gans)
- (female) shepherd, shepherdess
Declension edit
Declension of gane (5th declension)
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
See yawn.
Verb edit
gane
- To yawn; to gape.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 35-36:
- Se how he ganeth, lo, this dronken wight,
As though he wolde us swolwe anon-right.- See how he yawns, lo, this drunken fellow,
As though he would swallow us right away.
- See how he yawns, lo, this drunken fellow,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 35-36:
Poitevin-Saintongeais edit
Noun edit
gane
- plant varieties that are found on coastal dunes, typically used to keep the sand stable
References edit
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 202.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
gane
- inflection of ganir:
Sahu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-North Halmahera *gani (“louse”), with irregular lowering of the final vowel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gane
References edit
- Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill
Scots edit
Verb edit
gane
- past participle of gae
Alternative forms edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gane m (plural ganes)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
gane
- inflection of ganar:
Further reading edit
- “gane”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Volapük edit
Noun edit
gane