See also: Joan and Jóan

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of jone

Basque

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Etymology

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From Proto-Basque *e-oHa-n.

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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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

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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

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Further reading

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

Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dend. Cognate with Irish deannach.

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

  1. dust

Mutation

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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

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Noun

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joan

  1. (pathology) psoriasis