amcan

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Tarifit

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Alternative forms

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  • amkanWestern Tarifit

Etymology

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Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مكان (mkān).

Noun

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amcan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵛⴰⵏ, plural imucan)

  1. place, location, site

Declension

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    Declension of amcan
Singular Plural
free state amcan imucan
construct state umcan yimucan

Welsh

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Etymology

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Equivalent to am- +‎ an element derived from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amcan m (plural amcanion)

  1. idea, notion, guess
  2. intention, purpose, objective
    Synonyms: bwriad, diben, targed

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amcan unchanged unchanged hamcan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (4)

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amcan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies