kanan

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See also: Kanan, kanañ, kanān, känän, and kɑnɑŋ

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanan

  1. food, especially rice

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanan

  1. genitive singular of kana

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Malay kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkanan]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun[edit]

kanan

  1. right
    1. the right side or direction.
    2. (politics) the ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
      Kanan, kawan.
      The right are our friends.

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Maguindanao[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanán

  1. plate

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Indonesian kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kanan/
  • Rhymes: -anan, -nan, -an
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Adjective[edit]

kanan (Jawi spelling کانن)

  1. right (of direction)
    Antonym: kiri
  2. senior (higher in rank, dignity, or office.)
    Synonym: senior (Indonesian)

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Maranao[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanan

  1. plate

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Adjective[edit]

kanan

  1. right (of direction)

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanan

  1. definite singular of kana

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Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanan/, [ˈka.nɐn]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nan

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN. Compare Yami wanan, Ivatan wanan, Ibatan kawanan, Ilocano kanawan, Tuwali Ifugao wawwan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagbanwa iwanan, Maranao kawanan, and Maguindanao kawanan.

Adjective[edit]

kanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. right (of direction)
    Synonyms: deretsa, mano
    Antonym: kaliwa
  2. right hand (specifically)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Syncopic form of kainan, from kain +‎ -an.

Verb[edit]

kanan (complete kinanan, progressive kinakanan, contemplative kakanan, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. to eat off something
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Further reading[edit]

  • “kanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*wanaN”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 74
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