maan
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maan (plural mane)
Amis edit
Pronoun edit
maan
- (interrogative) what
References edit
- “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis][1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
Chuukese edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
maan
References edit
- A sketch of Trukese grammar (1965)
- Trukese-English Dictionary (1990)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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).
Noun edit
maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: maan
- Berbice Creole Dutch: manti
- Jersey Dutch: mân, môn
- Negerhollands: maand, man, maen
- → Aukan: manti
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch māne, from Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō.
Noun edit
maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
maan
- inflection of manen:
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
maan
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly a folk etymology of maar, reinterpreted as maan (the genitive singular of maa; see etymology 1).
Adverb edit
maan
Usage notes edit
Very often prefixed with niin (niin maan).
Anagrams edit
Kanakanabu edit
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Numeral edit
maan
Nzadi edit
Noun edit
máán (plural only)
- wine (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading edit
- 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