saan

See also: Saan, sa- -an, sån, and sään

Ahtna

Etymology

Related to the root yaa (“to grow”). Compare są́, Lower Tanana sonh.

Noun

saan

1. age

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 421

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Alternative forms

• sän

Etymology

From English sand.

Noun

saan

1. sand

Estonian

Verb

saan

1. first-person singular present indicative of saama

Finnish

Verb

saan

1. first-person singular present indicative of saada

Anagrams

• ansa, sana

Fula

Noun

saan o

1. (Pulaar) tapeworm

References

• M. Niang (1997), Pulaar–English English–Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːn/

Verb

saan

1. to say

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “saan”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• aan (Abra)
• haan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaan/ [ˈsɐ.ɐn]

Adverb

saan

1. no, not

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• sön (Föhr-Amrum, dated)
• Seen (Sylt, dated)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunuz.

Noun

saan m (plural saane)

1. (Mooring) son

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• san — colloquial

Etymology

Compare Central Bikol sain. See also sa, -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈʔan/ [sɐˈʔan̪], (colloquial) /ˈsan/ [ˈsan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sa‧an, saan

Pronoun

saán (plural saan-saan, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜀᜈ᜔)

1. (interrogative) where (not used in equational sentences)

   Saan mo siya nakita?

   Where did you see him?

Usage notes

• For equational sentences, nasaan is used instead.

Derived terms

• isaan
• kahit saan
• kung saan
• kung saan-saan
• mapasaan
• nasaan
• para saan
• pasaan
• saa-saanman
• saan-saan
• saanman
• sanaron
• tagasaan

See also

• saan ka nakatira

Anagrams

• anas, sana, nasa