maan

See also: Maan, mån, -maan, and mään

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /mɑːn/

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Noun

maan (plural mane)

1. moon

Amis

Pronoun

maan

1. (interrogative) what

References

• “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

Alternative forms

• man

Noun

maan

1. animal

References

• A sketch of Trukese grammar (1965)
• Trukese-English Dictionary (1990)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːn/

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• Hyphenation: maan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

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

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

1. moon

Derived terms

• bloedmaan
• kunstmaan
• maanlander
• maanlanding
• maanlandschap
• maanlicht
• maansondergang
• maansopgang
• maansopkomst
• maansverduistering
• manenstelsel
• supermaan

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maan
• Berbice Creole Dutch: manti
• Jersey Dutch: mân, môn
• Negerhollands: maand, man, maen
• → Aukan: manti

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch māne, from Old Dutch *mana, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō.

Noun

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

1. mane

Derived terms

• manenduif

Etymology 3

Verb

maan

1. inflection of manen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• naam

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːn/, [ˈmɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): maan

Etymology 1

Possibly a folk etymology of maar, reinterpreted as maan (the genitive singular of maa; see below).

Adverb

maan

1. (regional, Tampere, Turku) An intensifier, chiefly used before a -sti adverb or adjective; so, very

Usage notes

Very often prefixed with niin (niin maan).

Etymology 2

Noun

maan

1. genitive singular of maa

Anagrams

• mana

Kanakanabu

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : maan

Numeral

maan

1. ten

Nzadi

Noun

máán (plural only)

1. wine (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• 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