maan

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

maan (plural mane)

1. moon

Pronoun

maan

1. (interrogative) what

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʔan/ [ˈma.ʔan̪]
• Hyphenation: ma‧an

Noun

máan (Basahan spelling ᜋᜀᜈ᜔)

1. care, caution

   Synonym: ingat

Alternative forms

• man

Noun

maan

1. animal

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: maan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, 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).

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Anagrams

• naam

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• mana

Numeral

maan

1. ten

Alternative forms

• moon (Mooring)
• Man (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun

maan m (plural maaner) (Föhr-Amrum)

1. man (adult male human)
2. husband

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