esan
See also: Esan and ẹsan
Basque
Etymology
Unknown, the variant erran seems to point to an original form with an alien cluster with two different outcomes such as *esran.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es̺an/, [e̞.s̺ãn]
Verb
esan du/dio (present participle esaten, future participle esango, short form esan, verbal noun esate)
- to say, tell
- Synonym: erran
Usage notes
The synthetic conjugation is entirely unrelated etymologically to the non-finite forms. Instead, it uses a stem -io- to conjugate synthetically. However, some of the synthetic forms are archaic, so more often periphrastic will be used instead. For example, instead of
- Zer ziotsun? ― What did he/she tell you?
the periphrastic form
- Zer esan zizun? ― What did he/she tell you?
is more commonly used.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Nupe
Esan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.sã̄/
Noun
esan
- salt
- A lá esan kún. ― They have sold the salt.
Derived terms
- èdùkósan (“ocean”)
- èdùsan (“ocean, sea”)
Etymology 2
Ègwa na ta èsán o na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.sã́/
Noun
èsán (plural èsánzhì)
- bird's nest
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) asen
- (Surmiran, Vallader) asan
Etymology
From Latin asinus.
Noun
esan m (plural esans)
- (Puter) (male) donkey, ass
Coordinate terms
- (sex): esna
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ésom. Cognates include Irish eisean and Manx eshyn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛs̪ən̪ˠ/
Pronoun
esan
- (emphatic) he, him, it
See also
Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
| simple | emphatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| First person | mi | sinn | mise | sinne |
| Second person | thu, tu1) | sibh | thusa, tusa1) | sibhse |
| Third person m | e | iad | esan | iadsan |
| Third person f | i | ise | ||
| *) sibh and sibhse also act as the polite singular pronouns. **) To mark a direct object of a verbal noun, the derivatives of gam are used. 1) used when following a verb ending in -n, -s or -dh. | ||||