tuan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuan"

English

a tuan (Phascogale tapoatafa)

Etymology

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Noun

tuan (plural tuans)

1. The brush-tailed phascogale, Phascogale tapoatafa, endemic to Australia.

Synonyms

• common wambenger, black-tailed mousesack, black-tailed phascogale

References

• tuan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phascogale tapoatafa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phascogale tapoatafa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• -naut, Tuna, aunt, naut., tuna

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn. Cognates include German tun and Luxembourgish doen.

Pronunciation

• (Vienna) IPA^(key): /ˈtua̯n/
• Hyphenation: tuan

Verb

tuan

1. (Vienna, transitive) to do
   • 2014, “Schau ma mal [Let's just see]”, performed by Wiener Blond:

     Weil vom zu vü tuan, krieg'ma ja ollaweil nua an Zurn.

     Because from doing too much, we'll only get angry.

   • 2015, “Wien wort auf di [Vienna waits for you]”, performed by Granada:

     Hast so vü z'tuan, aber net genug Zeit dafür.

     You have so much to do, but not enought time for it.

References

• Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “duan”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
• Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 89

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”). Doublet of tuhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuan]
• Hyphenation: tu‧an

Noun

tuan (plural tuan-tuan, first-person possessive tuanku, second-person possessive tuanmu, third-person possessive tuannya)

1. master, lord.
   1. someone who has control over something or someone.

      Antonyms: hamba, abdi, budak

   2. someone who employs others.

      Synonyms: kepala, majikan, pemilik

2. mister (title of adult male)

Pronoun

tuan

1. (formal) second person personal pronoun

Affixed terms

• bertuan
• bertuankan
• dipertuan
• ketuan-tuanan
• mempertuan
• mempertuankan
• menuani
• menuankan
• pertuanan
• tuan-tuan

 

Compounds

• tuan besar
• tuan hamba
• tuan kebun
• tuan tamu
• tuan tanah
• tuan toko

 

Further reading

• “tuan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan (“deity”). Doublet of tuhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuan/
• (glide-sporadic) IPA^(key): [tu.wan]
• Rhymes: -uan, -wan, -an

Noun

tuan (Jawi spelling توان‎, plural tuan-tuan, informal 1st possessive tuanku, 2nd possessive tuanmu, 3rd possessive tuannya)

1. master, lord
2. mister (title of adult male)

   Synonym: encik

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• ketuanan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pertuan [causative passive] (peR-)
• bertuan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuan
• → Min Nan: 緞／缎 (toān, “master, mister”)

References

• "tuan" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “tuan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

tuan

1. Nonstandard spelling of tuān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tuán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tuǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tuàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah, compare Malay tua.

Adjective

tuan

1. old (of things)