cuan

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See also: cuàn, cuán, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien  / (choán, to make a profit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu̯an/
  • Hyphenation: cuan

Noun

cuan (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) profit
    Synonym: untung
    Cuanku lima puluh juta bulan ini.
    My profit is fifty million this month.

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (to grasp).

Alternative forms

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, nominative plural cuanta)

  1. bay
    Synonym:
  2. harbour
  3. port
    Synonyms: caladh, port
Declension
Declension of cuan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuan cuanta
vocative a chuain a chuanta
genitive cuain cuanta
dative cuan cuanta
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cuan na cuanta
genitive an chuain na gcuanta
dative leis an gcuan
don chuan
leis na cuanta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)

  1. Alternative form of cuain (litter; brood; pack; band, company)
Declension
Declension of cuan (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuan cuaineanna
vocative a chuan a chuaineanna
genitive cuaine cuaineanna
dative cuan cuaineanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chuan na cuaineanna
genitive na cuaine na gcuaineanna
dative leis an gcuan
don chuan
leis na cuaineanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuan
radical lenition eclipsis
cuan chuan gcuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 114, page 61
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

cuan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cuān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cuán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cuàn.

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.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan (bay, gulf, harbor), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (to grasp).

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, plural cuantan or cuaintean or cuanta)

  1. sea, ocean, the deep
  2. large lake
  3. (rare) harbour, haven, bay
  4. deceit
  5. multitude
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cúan (litter (of pups or other young animals); pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.); family, band, company), from (hound).

Noun

cuan m

  1. pack of hounds or wolves

Mutation

Mutation of cuan
radical lenition
cuan chuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: cuan

Adverb

cuan

  1. (dated) how, to what extent

Usage notes

  • Used with adjectives and adverbs. Rare in modern speech, usually replaced with que, tan, cuanto, or como de. Written with an accent mark (cuán) when interrogative or exclamative, as in ¿Cuán grande es? or ¡Cuán grande es!

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