kanan

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See also: Kanan, kanañ, kanān, känän, and kɑnɑŋ

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kanan

  1. food, especially rice

Finnish

Noun

kanan

  1. genitive singular of kana

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Malay kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

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  • Hyphenation: ka‧nan
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

kanan

  1. right
    1. the right side or direction.
    2. (politics) the ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
      Kanan, kawan.
      The right are our friends.

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Maguindanao

Noun

kanán

  1. plate

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kanan (compare Indonesian kanan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

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Adjective

kanan (Jawi spelling کانن)

  1. right (of direction)
    Antonym: kiri
  2. senior (higher in rank, dignity, or office.)
    Synonym: senior (Indonesian)

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

kanan

  1. plate

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan (compare Ilocano kannawan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagalog kanan), from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN.

Adjective

kanan

  1. right (of direction)

Swedish

Noun

kanan

  1. definite singular of kana

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay kanan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wanan, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wanaN. Compare Yami wanan, Ivatan wanan, Ibatan kawanan, Ilocano kanawan, Tuwali Ifugao wawwan, Kapampangan uanan, Tagbanwa iwanan, Maranao kawanan, and Maguindanao kawanan.

Adjective

kanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. right (of direction)
    Synonyms: deretsa, mano
    Antonym: kaliwa
  2. right hand (specifically)
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Etymology 2

Syncopic form of kainan, from kain +‎ -an.

Verb

kanan (complete kinanan, progressive kinakanan, contemplative kakanan, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of kainan
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kanan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wanaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 74
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