maan

See also: Maan, mån, -maan, and mään

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch maan.

Noun

maan (plural mane)

  1. moon

Chuukese

Alternative forms

Noun

maan

  1. animal

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːn
  • IPA(key): /maːn/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mâne, from Old Dutch *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

  1. moon
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

maan f (plural manen, diminutive maantje n)

  1. mane

Etymology 3

Verb

maan

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

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

maan

  1. Genitive singular form of maa.

Anagrams

Nzadi

Noun

máán (plural only)

  1. wine

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
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