ahan

See also: Ahan and ahən

Bassari

Verb

ahan

1. to love

References

• Loïc-Michel Perrin, Description grammaticale du Basari (Oniyan): Langue atlantique du Sénégal Oriental (2019)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ahan, from Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar. Since afannō is a verb, ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɑ̃/

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Noun

ahan m (plural ahans)

1. (dated) pain due to manual labour
2. groan

See also

• ahaner

Further reading

• “ahan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

• aan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Noun

ahan oblique singular, m (oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

1. pain; torment; suffering

Descendants

• French: ahan

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “ahan”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• “ahan”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.

Sougb

Verb

ahan

1. cut (grass)/mow

Declension

Inflection of ahan

subject			simple	irrealis	instrumental	irrealis instrumental
singular	first-person		dahan	demahan	dahan	damahan
	second-person		bahan	bemahan	bahan	bamahan
	third-person		ahan	emahan	ahan	amahan
dual	first-person	exclusive	amahan	amemahan	amahan	amamahan
		inclusive	nahan	namahan	nahan	namahan
	second-person		yahan	yemahan	yahan	yamahan
	third-person		lahan	lemahan	lahan	lamahan
plural	first-person	exclusive	emahan	ememahan	emahan	emamahan
		inclusive	mahan	mamahan	mahan	mamahan
	second-person		yahan	yemahan	yahan	yamahan
	third-person		lahan	lemahan	lahan	lamahan

References

• A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Yami

Noun

ahan

1. coral (usually dead)