kan
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
kan
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
kan (plural kans)
- Archaic form of khan.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
kan (plural kan)
- A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
- 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:
- After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch kan, singular of kunnen, from Middle Dutch cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kan (present kan, past kon)
AlakEdit
NounEdit
kan
- (Harak) woman
Alternative formsEdit
- akan (Alak)
Further readingEdit
- Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27
AwarEdit
NounEdit
kan
Further readingEdit
- Catherine Levy, Language Research in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Awar (2005)
BambaraEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kan
ReferencesEdit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
kan
Bikol CentralEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
kan
- of—objective marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names.
- Harong kan panadero.
- House of the baker.
- Agom kan lalaki.
- Spouse of the man
See alsoEdit
BretonEdit
NounEdit
kan m
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- khan (superseded)
EtymologyEdit
From Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kan m (plural kans)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “kan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
ChuukeseEdit
DeterminerEdit
kan
- (possessive subject marker) these
Related termsEdit
CimbrianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a variant of Middle High German gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g-. Cognate with German gen; Alemannic German and Bavarian gan. Doublet of ghéghen.[1]
PrepositionEdit
kan
- in, at
- Ich hèrbighe kan 'Toballe, kor Baan, ka Sléeghe.
- I live in Mezzaselva, [a hamlet of] Roana, [a town in] Asiago.
- to, towards
- Ich ghéa inn ka Sléeghe, aus kan Bèarn, au kan Triin, abe kan Ròome.
- I go east to Asiago, out west to Verona, up north to Trentino, and down south to Rome.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “gen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further readingEdit
- “kan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kan
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch canne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
NounEdit
kan f (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: kan
- Negerhollands: kanintśi (from the diminutive)
- → Virgin Islands Creole: kaninsti (dated)
- → Japanese: 缶
- → Mahican: kánnisch
- → Papiamentu: kanika (from the diminutive)
- → Sranan Tongo: kan, kaniki, kannetje (from the diminutive)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
NounEdit
kan m (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)
- khan (Turkish or Mongol ruler)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
kan
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
- imperative of kunnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen
SynonymsEdit
- (present singular): kunt (2 sg.)- more formal
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
kan m (plural kans)
ConjunctionEdit
kan
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of quand.
AdverbEdit
kan
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of quand.
Further readingEdit
- “kan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GagauzEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).
NounEdit
kan (definite accusative [[{{{1}}}#Gagauz|{{{1}}}]], plural [[{{{2}}}#Gagauz|{{{2}}}]])
GermanEdit
VerbEdit
kan
- Obsolete spelling of kann
GunEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kàn
- to inquire
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Compare Fon kán, Adja eka, Ewe ɛka, Saxwe Gbe okàn
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kàn (plural kàn lɛ́ or kàn lẹ́)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kán
- to write
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
kan
SynonymsEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Of unknown origin.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kan (plural kanok)
- male pig
- male boar (wild boar)
- male (of dogs or other domestic animals not larger than a pig)
- Antonym: szuka
- (colloquial) hunk, stud (a man with a sexual life more active than usual)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kan | kanok |
accusative | kant | kanokat |
dative | kannak | kanoknak |
instrumental | kannal | kanokkal |
causal-final | kanért | kanokért |
translative | kanná | kanokká |
terminative | kanig | kanokig |
essive-formal | kanként | kanokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kanban | kanokban |
superessive | kanon | kanokon |
adessive | kannál | kanoknál |
illative | kanba | kanokba |
sublative | kanra | kanokra |
allative | kanhoz | kanokhoz |
elative | kanból | kanokból |
delative | kanról | kanokról |
ablative | kantól | kanoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kané | kanoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kanéi | kanokéi |
Possessive forms of kan | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kanom | kanjaim |
2nd person sing. | kanod | kanjaid |
3rd person sing. | kanja | kanjai |
1st person plural | kanunk | kanjaink |
2nd person plural | kanotok | kanjaitok |
3rd person plural | kanjuk | kanjaik |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ kan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further readingEdit
- kan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- List of names for domestic animals (in Hungarian)
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened from kan.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
kan
- see; right
- Kan, sudah ku bilang jangan bermain korek api, kini kau rasakan akibatnya. ― See, I already told you before to not playing with the matches, now you receive the consequences.
- Ini punyamu, kan? ― This is yours, right?.
Further readingEdit
- “kan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
IsnagEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.
VerbEdit
kan
- to eat
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
kan
KeraEdit
NounEdit
kan
ReferencesEdit
KholosiEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kan ?
ReferencesEdit
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[2], pages 13-36
LacandonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.
NounEdit
kan
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Baer, Phillip; Baer, Mary; Chan Kꞌin, Manuel; Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93
MalayEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened form of bukan
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
kan
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
kan
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
MaranaoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.
VerbEdit
kan
- to eat
MarshalleseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kan
- (transitive) to eat
ReferencesEdit
Mauritian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdverbEdit
kan
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
kan
- Alternative form of canne
MusiEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
kan
Usage notesEdit
Kan is used to negate nouns and adverbs. To negate verbs or adjectives, use daq.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
kan
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kaner, definite plural kanene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by khan
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
kan
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kanar, definite plural kanane)
NupeEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
káǹ
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Isaac George (March 1970), “Nupe Tonology”, in Studies in African Linguistics
RomaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa),[1] from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “ear”).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi कान (kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).
NounEdit
kan m (nominative plural kana)
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “kan”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 134a
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
- ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o kan, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 185b-186a
- ^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “kan, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150
SeimatEdit
NounEdit
kan
- water; fresh water
ReferencesEdit
- Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)
DeclensionEdit
SomaliEdit
DeterminerEdit
kan
- this (masculine)
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
kan m (plural kanes)
- khan (ruler)
Further readingEdit
- “kan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kan
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kan
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish قان (kan, “blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kan (definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)
DeclensionEdit
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Locative | kanda | kanlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related termsEdit
UteEdit
WutunhuaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kan
- to look
ReferencesEdit
YamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.
VerbEdit
kan
- to eat
YorubaEdit
10 | ||||
1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení Counting: oókan Adjectival: kan, méní Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan |
Etymology 1Edit
Derived from oókan.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
kan
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kàn
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kán
Yucatec MayaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- can (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Mayan *koohng-.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
kan
ReferencesEdit
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Can. Quatro. 4.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, pages 60, 203