avan

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See also: -avan and avan-

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. A relation to avani (“harassment, act of violence”) cannot be ignored, although it's considered an Italian loanword. First attested in 1685 by Bogdani: "...mbasandaj për avant e turit, anëmijtë tanë të pakorët." The word was attested nowhere else.

Noun

avan m

  1. (obsolete) tyrant; oppressor

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “avan”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen

Cornish

Avanen

Etymology

Compare Welsh afan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

avan f (collective, singulative avanen)

  1. raspberries

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French avant, Italian avanti, ultimately from Latin ante. Compare Esperanto antaŭ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

avan

  1. in front of, ahead of, before (in space)
    Me es avan il en la serio.
    I am in front of him in the queue.

Antonyms

  • dop (“behind, after (in place), (US) back of”)

Paronyms

  • ante (“before (of time), earlier than”)

Sie

Verb

avan

  1. to walk

References

  • Crowley, Terry. “An Erromangan (Sye) dictionary.” (2000).
  • Crowley, T. (1998). An erromangan (Sye) grammar. University of Hawaii Press.
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