raan

See also: rån, rään, and Rään

Biliau

Noun

raan

1. water

Further reading

• Gary F. and Linda Simons, A vocabulary of Biliau, an Austronesian language of New Guinea, with notes on its development from Proto Oceanic. Working Papers for the Language Variation and Limits to Communication Project 2 (1977), page 17

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Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [rˠɑːnʲ], (enunciated) [rˠɑɑnʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /rˠæɰænʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {rahan}

Noun

raan

1. day; date

Preposition

raan

1. on top of

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Nuer

Noun

raan

1. person

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Puluwat

Noun

raan

1. water

Further reading

• B. Palmer, Passive possession in Oceanic (2006), page 71
• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond (editors), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics 545-2 (2003), page 59

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Tetum

Etymology

From *daa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq. Compare Malay darah.

Noun

raan

1. blood

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Vilamovian

Noun

raan m

1. rain

Adjective

raan

1. clean

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Yapese

Noun

raan

1. Alternative form of raen

Further reading

• B. Palmer, Passive possession in Oceanic (2006), page 10

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Yola

Verb

raan

1. simple past tense of rhin
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 2:

     Hea raan awye del hea caame neeghe Burstheoune.

     He ran away until he came nigh to Bridgetown.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110