kaan

kaan

See also: Kaan, káaṇ, kāān̄, Ka'an, ka'an, kaʼan, -kaan, -kään, ka- -an, and kaan³²²

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kaan (actor voice mangkaan)

1. (transitive) to eat

Derived terms

• kumaan

References

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – kaan. SIL International.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From German Kahn.

Noun

kaan ? (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

1. (dated) a small boat used on inland waters

Verb

kaan

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

Anagrams

• naak

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Estonian

Etymology

Unknown. Cognates are found in several Estonian varieties, with the exception of Võro.

Noun

kaan (genitive kaani, partitive kaani)

1. leech

Declension

Declension of kaan (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	kaan	kaanid
genitive	kaani	kaanide
partitive	kaani	kaane / kaanisid
illative	kaani / kaanisse	kaanidesse / kaanesse
inessive	kaanis	kaanides / kaanes
elative	kaanist	kaanidest / kaanest
allative	kaanile	kaanidele / kaanele
adessive	kaanil	kaanidel / kaanel
ablative	kaanilt	kaanidelt / kaanelt
translative	kaaniks	kaanideks / kaaneks
terminative	kaanini	kaanideni
essive	kaanina	kaanidena
abessive	kaanita	kaanideta
comitative	kaaniga	kaanidega

Further reading

• kaan in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• kaan in Sõnaveeb

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Isthmus Mixe

Noun

kaan

1. salt

References

• Dieterman, Julia; McCarty, James Michael, Jr.; Castañón López, Victoriano; Castañón Eugenio, María Dolores (2018) Breve diccionario del mixe del Istmo: Mogoñé Viejo, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 52)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• khan

Etymology

Old French [Term?], borrowed from Persian خان‎. See it and English khan for more details.

Noun

kaan m (plural kaans)

1. khan (ruler or sovereign)

Descendants

• French: khan

References

• khan on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “khan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 19: Orientalia, page 92

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Saluan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kaan

1. to eat

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Shabo

Noun

kaan

1. dog

See also

• kaʔal

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Turkish

Proper noun

kaan

1. a male given name
2. ruler, sovereign

Alternative forms

• kağan

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Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• can (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkàːn]

Noun

kaan (plural kaanoʼob)

1. snake
2. worm

Derived terms

• kaaniljaʼ
• och kaan
• tsáaʼkaan

 

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Culebra. Can.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60