See also: Kanan, kanañ, kanān, känän, and kɑnɑŋ

Dupaningan Agta edit

Noun edit

kanan

  1. food, especially rice

Finnish edit

Noun edit

kanan

  1. genitive singular of kana

Anagrams edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Malay kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkanan]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun edit

kanan

  1. right
    1. the right side or direction.
    2. (politics) the ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
      Kanan, kawan.
      The right are our friends.

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Maguindanao edit

Noun edit

kanán

  1. plate

Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Indonesian kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kanan/
  • Rhymes: -anan, -nan, -an
  • (file)

Adjective edit

kanan (Jawi spelling کانن)

  1. right (of direction)
    Antonym: kiri
  2. senior (higher in rank, dignity, or office.)
    Synonym: senior (Indonesian)

Further reading edit

Maranao edit

Noun edit

kanan

  1. plate

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Adjective edit

kanan

  1. right (of direction)

Swedish edit

Noun edit

kanan

  1. definite singular of kana

Anagrams edit

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧nan
  • IPA(key): /ˈkanan/, [ˈka.nɐn]

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN. Compare Yami wanan, Ivatan wanan, Ibatan kawanan, Ilocano kanawan, Tuwali Ifugao wawwan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagbanwa iwanan, Maranao kawanan, and Maguindanao kawanan.

Adjective edit

kanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. right (of direction)
    Synonyms: deretsa, mano
    Antonym: kaliwa
  2. right hand (specifically)
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Syncopic form of kainan, from kain +‎ -an.

Verb edit

kanan (complete kinanan, progressive kinakanan, contemplative kakanan, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. to eat off something
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*wanaN”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 74