-tan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"
Japanese
Romanization
-tan
- Rōmaji transcription of たん
Maquiritari
Alternative forms
- (allomorph before i) -chan
Etymology
From the singular/third-person form -ta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [-tan]
Suffix
-tan
- Directs that the command or request expressed by a verb must be executed somewhere else and not at the place where the order was given when the verb is in the non-third-person plural, i.e. when the suffix is followed by -tö.
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 235
Pipil
Adverb
-tan
- near.
Turkish
Suffix
-tan
- Alternative form of -dan