taywan

See also: Taywan

Ivatan

Etymology

tayo (“to hide”) +‎ -an (locative suffix).

Noun

taywan

1. (Itbayat) hideout

Siraya

Etymology

tayw +‎ -an (locative suffix).

Noun

taywan

1. A tribe in the southwest part of the island in the area of Anping, Tainan. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Descendants

• →? Hokkien: 大員, 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣／大员, 大圆, 台员, 大湾, 台湾
  • → Chinese: 臺灣／台湾
    • → Arabic: تَايْوَان (tāywān)
    • → Armenian: Թայվան (Tʻayvan)
    • → Bulgarian: Тайван (Tajvan)
    • → Burmese: ထိုင်ဝမ် (htuing-wam)
    • → Catalan: Taiwan
    • → Czech: Tchaj-wan, Taiwan
    • → Dutch: Taiwan
    • → English: Taiwan
    • → Korean: 타이완 (Taiwan)
    • → Portuguese: Taiwan
    • → French: Taïwan
    • → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᠸᠠᠨ (taiwan)
    • → Persian: تایوان (tâyvân)
    • → Polish: Tajwan
    • → Russian: Тайвань (Tajvanʹ)
    • → Spanish: Taiwán
    • → Tibetan: ཐའེ་ཝན (tha'e wan)
    • → Turkish: Tayvan
    • → Zhuang: Daizvanh
  • → Japanese: 臺灣
• →? Dutch: Tayouan