ayan

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧yan

Noun

ayan

  1. a stone or coin used as marker in games like hopscotch
  2. a stone or coin used as a shooter in a game of taksi or igoigo
  3. the taw or shooter; the marble used to shoot ducks with in a game of marbles
  4. the slammer used in a game of Pogs
  5. the main card used in a game of apirapir; the trading card used during the execution of slapping of hands so as not to crumple or risk damaging the rest of the player's cards
  6. the slipper or sandal or rock used as a shooter in bato-lata

Iban

Verb

ayan

  1. appear

Malay

Chemical element
Zn
Previous: tembaga (Cu)
Next: galium (Ga)

Etymology

From Hokkien 亞鉛／亚铅 (a-iân), from Japanese 亜鉛 (aen).

Pronunciation

Noun

ayan (Jawi spelling ايان, plural ayan-ayan, informal 1st possessive ayanku, 2nd possessive ayanmu, 3rd possessive ayannya)

  1. zinc (element)

Synonyms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Interjection

ayán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of hayan: there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns
Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa) Locative (nasa) Existential Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker* ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari† dini/dine nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari ere/eri, here/heri, ayri ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener* ito nito dito nandito, narito, naito** heto, eto, ayto† ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener iyan, yaan niyan diyan/diyaan nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡ hayan, ayan ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote iyon, yoon, yaon† niyon, noon, niyaon† doon nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡ hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else.
**These pronouns are used in some dialects.
†These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature.
‡Rare in text.
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