lan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Basque

Noun

lan

  1. work, task
  2. labour
  3. annoyance, trouble

Declension

"lan"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutivelanlanalanak
ergativelaneklanaklanek
dativelanilanarilanei
genitivelanenlanarenlanen
comitativelanekinlanarekinlanekin
causativelanentzatlanarentzatlanentzat
benefactivelanengatiklanarengatiklanengatik
instrumentallanezlanazlanez
inessivelanetanlananlanetan
locativelanetakolanekolanetako
allativelanetaralaneralanetara
terminativelanetarainolanerainolanetaraino
directivelanetarantzlanerantzlanetarantz
destinativelanetarakolanerakolanetarako
ablativelanetatiklanetiklanetatik
partitivelanik
-
-
prolativelantzat
-
-

Derived terms

  • lan egin 'work' (v.)
  • lantegi 'workplace'

Haitian Creole

Article

lan

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See also

Javanese

Conjunction

lan

  1. and

Lower Sorbian

lan

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lan/

Noun

lan m (diminutive lank)

  1. flax (“Linum usitatissimum”)

Declension

Mandarin

Romanization

lan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lán.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of làn.

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.

Novial

Determiner

lan

  1. her

Pronoun

lan

  1. hers

Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic form; compare Ukrainian лан (lan).

Noun

lan n (plural lanuri)

  1. field (arable land)

Declension

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Noun

lȁn m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)

  1. flax

Declension

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese lã, from Old Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Noun

lan

  1. wool

Turkish

Noun

lan

  1. mate (clarification of this definition is needed)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *laaɲ (“to spread; to be propagated”); cognate with Bahnar lanh (“to spread”), Khasi laiñ-laiñ (“from place to place”), Mon သၞာန် (hənan, “to spread”) (through a prefixed form). Compare also tràn (“to overflow”).

Verb

lan

  1. to spread; to run

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan

  1. orchid

Wab

Noun

lan

  1. water

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lan/

Noun

lan

  1. Soft mutation of llan.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llan lan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“nephew; niece; grandchild”). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Lao ຫຼານ (lān), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːn˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: lan1
  • Hyphenation: lan

Noun

lan (old orthography lan)

  1. grandchild
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