kankan

See also: Kankan

Japanese

Romanization

kankan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんかん

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cancan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋ.kan/

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• Rhymes: -aŋkan
• Syllabification: kan‧kan

Noun

kankan m animal

1. cancan (French dance)

Declension

Declension of kankan

	singular	plural
nominative	kankan	kankany
genitive	kankana	kankanów
dative	kankanowi	kankanom
accusative	kankana	kankany
instrumental	kankanem	kankanami
locative	kankanie	kankanach
vocative	kankanie	kankany

Derived terms

adjective

• kankanowy

 

Further reading

• kankan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kankan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Reduplication of kan (“to comb”).

Noun

kankan

1. comb

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

kankan

1. pure

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

kankan

1. strong
2. large

References

• kankan in Languages of Suriname, SIL International, 2003-2007, Sranan-English Dictionary