maan
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch maan, from Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
maan (plural mane)
AmisEdit
PronounEdit
maan
- (interrogative) what
ReferencesEdit
2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.
ChuukeseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
maan
ReferencesEdit
- A sketch of Trukese grammar (1965)
- Trukese-English Dictionary (1990)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The Germanic word was originally masculine (compare German Mond), but it became feminine in Early Middle Dutch (perhaps by analogy with zon).
NounEdit
maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: maan
- Berbice Creole Dutch: manti
- Jersey Dutch: mân, môn
- Negerhollands: maand, man, maen
- → Aukan: manti
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch māne, from Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
NounEdit
maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
maan
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
maan
Etymology 2Edit
Possibly a folk etymology of maar, reinterpreted as maan (the genitive singular of maa; see etymology 1).
AdverbEdit
maan
Usage notesEdit
Very often prefixed with niin (niin maan).
AnagramsEdit
KanakanabuEdit
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NumeralEdit
maan
NzadiEdit
NounEdit
máán (plural only)
- wine (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further readingEdit
- Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN