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nan
English
Etymology 1
From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næn/
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
nan (plural nans)
- (obsolete) Synonym of maid: a servant girl. [1599]
- (slang, obsolete) Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual. [1670]
- (Britain, endearing) Synonym of nursemaid. [1940]
- (Britain, endearing) Synonym of grandmother. [1955]
- We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.
Etymology 2
See at naan.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /næn/, /n??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /næn/, /n?n/
Noun
nan (plural nans)
- Alternative spelling of naan
Anagrams
- ANN, Ann, Ann., ann, ann.
Acehnese
Noun
nan
- name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin n?nus, from Ancient Greek ????? (nânos).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?nan/
Adjective
nan (feminine nana, masculine plural nans, feminine plural nanes)
- (attributive) dwarf
Derived terms
- planeta nan
Noun
nan m (plural nans, feminine nana)
- (mythology) dwarf (a member of a race from folklore)
- dwarf (a person of short stature, usually as the result of a genetic condition)
- (folklore) in Catalan celebrations, someone who wears a large papier-mâché head
Derived terms
- nanisme
Further reading
- “nan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nan” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nan” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nan” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
Pronunciation
- (Savoyard dialect) IPA(key): /?n?/
- (Bressan dialect) IPA(key): /?n??/
Interjection
nan
- no
Antonyms
- ouè
Adverb
nan
- no
Antonyms
- ouè
French
Adverb
nan
- (informal) nah, nope
Synonyms
- non (standard French)
Haitian Creole
Article
nan
- the (definite article)
Usage notes
This word is used only when the preceding word is singular and ends with a nasal consonant.
See also
- a
- an
- la
- lan
- yo
- yon
Preposition
nan
- in
Japanese
Romanization
nan
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nan/
Noun
nan m (diminutive nancycko)
- father
Declension
Coordinate terms
- ma? (“mother”)
- syn (“son”)
- ?owka (“daughter”)
Further reading
- nan in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- nan in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Makolkol
Noun
nan
- mother
Further reading
- Joshua Arlo, Indigenous language almost extinct, 2 September 2016, LoopPNG
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *nya·?anwi.
Numeral
nan
- five
Mandarin
Romanization
nan (Zhuyin ???)
- Nonstandard spelling of n?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of nán.
- Nonstandard spelling of n?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of nàn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Northern Kurdish
Etymology 1
Akin to Persian ???? (n?n), See there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??n/
Noun
nan m
- bread
- food
- Synonym: xwarin
Etymology 2
Verb
nan
- to put in, to set, to place
- to fuck, to copulate, to have sex with
Old English
Etymology
From ne (“not”) +? ?n (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??n/
Determiner
n?n
- no; not a, not one, not any
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Pronoun
n?n
- no one, nobody; none
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: noon
- English: none
- Scots: nane
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?n/
Determiner
n?n
- Alternative form of n?n
Pronoun
n?n
- Alternative form of n?n
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Papiamentu
Etymology
The third person plural pronoun nan (“they”) and the overall plural noun suffix -nan are unique for Papiamentu and cannot be found in any other language. According to Clements and Parkvall the pronoun nan and it's derived suffix -nan were introduced into the language just in the 1700s because of the grown need for a plural marking. Apparently before the introduction the need for a plural marking was not felt. Just like in other South American languages the suffix originated in the form "kas-nan" literally "house-they" (ac Lenz).
Compare the Curripaco Arawak suffix -na and the Dutch suffix -en.
Searches are being undertaken to find the African connections with the words "iran", "ene", "na", "nan", "inen" and "ane" in the languages Bini, Kwa, Anabonese, Bantu, Kimbundu, Angolar, Fa d'Ambu, Edo and Saotome in the African countries of Sao Tomé, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (see Bartens and Schuchardt). All very improbably.
Pronoun
nan
- they, third person plural
- their
See also
- -nan
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
Conjunction
nan
- if (subjunctive)
- Nan robh mi beartach, b'urrainn dhomh cheannaich taigh-mòr. - If I were rich, I could buy a mansion.
- whether (subjunctive)
- Biodh gràdh agam air fhathast nan robh e beartach neo bochd. - I would still love him whether he were rich or poor.
Usage notes
- Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form nam is used instead.
- Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
- The negative form is mura.
Etymology 2
Univerbation of an (“in”) +? an (“their”).
Preposition
nan (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)
- in their
Inflection
Etymology 3
Article
nan
- inflection of an (“the”):
- genitive plural preceding a consonant (excluding b-, f-, m-, p-)
- genitive plural preceding a vowel
Declension
Upper Sorbian
Noun
nan m
- father
Declension
Vietnamese
Etymology
According to Ferlus (2009), from *t-rn-a??, with nominalizer -rn- infixed into Proto-Vietic *ta?? (whence ?an (“to weave”)). Further from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t?aa?.
Formationally indentical but independently developed is Proto-West-Bahnaric *trna?? ("thread"), whence Nyaheun nna?? ("thread").
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [na?n??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [na????]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na????]
Noun
nan
- bamboo tape (for basketwork); bamboo slat (of a paper fan)
Wolof
Adverb
nan
- (interrogative) how
See also
- naka
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?n]
- Hyphenation: nan
Etymology
Akin to Persian ???? (n?n, “bread”), see there for more.
Alternative forms
- non
- nun
Noun
nan m
- bread
nan From the web:
- what nana
- what nani
- what nani mean
- what nana means
- what nan miles mean
- what nanotechnology
- what nani means in english
- what nanometer is intel on
nao
English
Adjective
nao
- (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of now
Adverb
nao
- (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of now
Anagrams
- AON, ONA, Ona, ano-, noa
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
Cognate with Dutch na.
Preposition
nao
- after
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1350; from Old Catalan or Old Occitan nau, from Latin navis. Doublet of nave. Compare also Portuguese nau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na??/
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- (nautical, historical) a three or four-masted sailing ship used all along the 15th century and early 16th; carrack
- 1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (ed.), O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:
- nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados
- carrack or vessel or other ship that to this town came bringing salt, from a thousand and a hald of salt up, they shall give three large bushels of salt to said lepers
- nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados
- 1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (ed.), O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:
References
- “nao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “nao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “nao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “nao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
German Low German
Alternative forms
- Low Prussian: nâ, noa, nah
- Mecklenburgisch: nå, nâ, nah
- Westphalian:
- East Westphalian: näu (Ravensberg)
- Sauerländisch, East Westphalian (Lippe), South Westphalian (Dortmund): no
- Sauerländisch: noh (Hochsauerland, Olpe)
- Eastphalian: noah (Wedemark)
Etymology
From Middle Low German nâch, nâ, from Old Saxon n?h,
Preposition
nao
- (Märkisch, Westphalian) to, towards
- Synonym: tau
References
Japanese
Romanization
nao
- R?maji transcription of ??
Mandarin
Romanization
nao
- Nonstandard spelling of n?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of náo.
- Nonstandard spelling of n?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of nào.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- Obsolete spelling of nau
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan nau, ultimately from Latin navis. Doublet of nave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nao/, [?na.o]
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- (poetic) a ship, a vessel
Swahili
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
nao
- Contraction of na wao: and them, or with them
- inflection of na:
- m-wa class object inflected plural
- m-mi class object inflected singular
- u class object inflected
See also
Object-inflected forms of na:
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [na?w??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [na?w??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na?w??]
Etymology 1
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: n?o).
Adjective
nao • (?) (phonemic reduplicative nao nao)
- anxious; uneasy
Derived terms
See also
- náo
Etymology 2
Pronoun
nao
- (archaic, literary) Alternative form of nào (“which”)
nao From the web:
- what naoh
- what naomi means
- what naomi is will smith talking about
- what nao means
- what naomi osaka did
- what naoh means
- what naomi campbell eats
- what naomi did in the bible