dandan

See also: dàndan and dàndàn

Japanese

Romanization

dandan

1. Rōmaji transcription of だんだん

Malay

Etymology

Compare Malagasy randrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dandan/
• Rhymes: -ndan, -dan, -an

Verb

dandan (Jawi spelling دندن)

1. to hairdress
2. to plait hair

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendandan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• dandanan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mendandan [agent focus] (meN-)
• didandan [patient focus] (di-)
• berdandan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dandan

Further reading

• "dandan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "dandan" at PRPM first version)

Maltese

Root
d-n-d-n
4 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic دَنْدَنَ (dandana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan.dan/
• Rhymes: -andan

Verb

dandan (imperfect jdandan, past participle mdandan, verbal noun dandin)

1. to clang
2. to dress well

Conjugation

Conjugation of dandan (Form Iq, sound)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	dandant	dandant	dandan	dandanna	dandantu	dandnu
	f			dandnet
imperfect	m	ndandan	ddandan	jdandan	ndandnu	ddandnu	jdandnu
	f			ddandan
imperative			dandan			dandnu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	dandantx	dandantx	dandanx	dandanniex	dandantux	dandnux
	f			dandnitx
imperfect	m	ndandanx	ddandanx	jdandanx	ndandnux	ddandnux	jdandnux
	f			ddandanx
imperative			ddandanx			ddandnux

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

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Noun

dandan

1. A bat, a club

Taroko

Etymology

From Japanese 段々 (dandan).

Noun

dandan

1. (Truku) stairs

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

• darnum (“parrot”)

Noun

dandan

1. parrot
2. blue mountain parrot (likely Swainson's Blue Mountain Parrot - rainbow lorikeet)