misan

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Algonquin

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Noun

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misan

  1. firewood

Esperanto

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Adjective

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misan

  1. accusative singular of misa

Malay

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Etymology 1

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Elision of manisan, itself an ellipsis of manisan lebah (lit. 'bee-sweet'); from manis +‎ -an. Doublet of manisan and nisan.

Noun

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misan (Jawi spelling ميسن, plural misan-misan, informal 1st possessive misanku, 2nd possessive misanmu, 3rd possessive misannya)

  1. (Kedah) honey
    Synonyms: air lebah, madu, manisan lebah, ningsan, nisan

Etymology 2

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Likely related to nisan, from Persian نشان (nešân), نیشان (nišân, sign, mark), from Middle Persian nyšʾn' (nīšān, sign, mark, banner), nyš (nīš-).

Noun

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misan (plural misan-misan, informal 1st possessive misanku, 2nd possessive misanmu, 3rd possessive misannya)

  1. (Brunei) tombstone
    Synonyms: nisan, batu nisan

References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ميسن mesan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 138
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ميسن misan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 666
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “misan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 143

Ojibwe

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Etymology

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miS- +‎ -an

Noun

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misan

  1. plural of mishi
    Ogii-pigishkiga'aanan iniw misan.
    He chopped up that firewood.

Usage notes

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misan is an irregular plural form. For inflected forms see mishi

Spanish

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Verb

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misan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of misar