mannan

See also: Mannan and männän

English

Etymology

From mann(ose) +‎ -an.

Noun

mannan (plural mannans)

1. (biochemistry) A plant polysaccharide that is a highly branched polymer of mannose (or galactose or glucose).

Derived terms

• arabinomannan
• galactomannan
• heteromannan
• oligomannan
• phosphomannan
• rhamnomannan
• xylomannan

Translations

polysaccharide

• Finnish: mannaani

Finnish

Noun

mannan

1. genitive singular of manna

Gothic

Romanization

mannan

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmannan/

Etymology 1

From mannan (“having gone”), the past participle of mannat (“to go”).

Adjective

mannan (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide])

1. previous, last

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

From mannat +‎ -n.

Noun

mannan

1. journey
2. traffic

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	mannan
Genitive	mannama
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mannan	mannamat
Accusative	mannama	mannamiid
Genitive	mannama	mannamiid
Illative	mannamii	mannamiidda
Locative	mannamis	mannamiin
Comitative	mannamiin	mannamiiguin
Essive	mannamin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person mannaman mannameamẹ mannameamẹt 2nd person mannamat mannameattẹ mannameattẹt 3rd person mannamis mannameaskkạ mannameasẹt

Derived terms

• albmáimannan

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mannan

1. past indicative connegative of mannat

Participle

mannan

1. past participle of mannat