kaan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaan"

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kaan (actor voice mangkaan)

1. (transitive) to eat

Derived terms

• kumaan

References

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – kaan. SIL International.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From German Kahn.

Noun

kaan ? (plural [please provide], diminutive [please provide])

1. (dated) a small boat used on inland waters

Etymology 2

Verb

kaan

1. inflection of kanen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• naak

Estonian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognates are found in several Estonian varieties, with the exception of Võro.

Noun

kaan (genitive kaani, partitive kaani)

1. leech

Declension

Declension of kaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaan	kaanid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaani
genitive			kaanide
partitive		kaani	kaane kaanisid
illative		kaani kaanisse	kaanidesse kaanesse
inessive		kaanis	kaanides kaanes
elative		kaanist	kaanidest kaanest
allative		kaanile	kaanidele kaanele
adessive		kaanil	kaanidel kaanel
ablative		kaanilt	kaanidelt kaanelt
translative		kaaniks	kaanideks kaaneks
terminative		kaanini	kaanideni
essive		kaanina	kaanidena
abessive		kaanita	kaanideta
comitative		kaaniga	kaanidega

Etymology 2

See kaas.

Noun

kaan (genitive kaane, partitive kaant)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of kaas

Declension

Declension of kaan (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaan	kaaned
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaane
genitive			kaante
partitive		kaant	kaani
illative		kaande kaanesse	kaantesse kaanisse
inessive		kaanes	kaantes kaanis
elative		kaanest	kaantest kaanist
allative		kaanele	kaantele kaanile
adessive		kaanel	kaantel kaanil
ablative		kaanelt	kaantelt kaanilt
translative		kaaneks	kaanteks kaaniks
terminative		kaaneni	kaanteni
essive		kaanena	kaantena
abessive		kaaneta	kaanteta
comitative		kaanega	kaantega

Further reading

• “kaan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• kaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Isthmus Mixe

Noun

kaan

1. salt

References

• Dieterman, Julia; McCarty, James Michael, Jr.; Castañón López, Victoriano; Castañón Eugenio, María Dolores (2018), Breve diccionario del mixe del Istmo: Mogoñé Viejo, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 52)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27

Middle French

Alternative forms

• khan

Etymology

Old French [Term?], borrowed from Classical Persian خان (xān). See it and English khan for more details.

Noun

kaan m (plural kaans)

1. khan (ruler or sovereign)

Descendants

• French: khan

References

• khan on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “khan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 19: Orientalia, page 92

Saluan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kaan

1. to eat

Shabo

Noun

kaan

1. dog

See also

• kaʔal

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qǧn¹).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːan/

Noun

kaan (definite accusative kaanı, plural kaanlar)

1. superseded spelling of kağan
2. ruler, sovereign

Declension

Declension of kaan

	singular	plural
nominative	kaan	kaanlar
definite accusative	kaanı	kaanları
dative	kaana	kaanlara
locative	kaanda	kaanlarda
ablative	kaandan	kaanlardan
genitive	kaanın	kaanların

Woiwurrung

Noun

kaan

1. snake

See also

• dharrande (“snake”)
• kurnmil (“snake”)

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• can (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkàːn]

Noun

kaan (plural kaanoʼob)

1. snake
2. worm

Derived terms

• kaaniljaʼ
• och kaan
• tsáaʼkaan

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746), Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Culebra. Can.”
• Montgomery, John (2004), Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 60