lan

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Balinese

Romanization

lan

  1. Romanization of ᬮᬦ᭄

Basque

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Pronunciation

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Noun

lan inan

  1. work, task
  2. labour
  3. annoyance, trouble

Declension

Declension of lan (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive lan lana lanak
ergative lanek lanak lanek
dative lani lanari lanei
genitive lanen lanaren lanen
comitative lanekin lanarekin lanekin
causative lanengatik lanarengatik lanengatik
benefactive lanentzat lanarentzat lanentzat
instrumental lanez lanaz lanez
inessive lanetan lanean lanetan
locative lanetako laneko lanetako
allative lanetara lanera lanetara
terminative lanetaraino laneraino lanetaraino
directive lanetarantz lanerantz lanetarantz
destinative lanetarako lanerako lanetarako
ablative lanetatik lanetik lanetatik
partitive lanik — —
prolative lantzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "lan" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “lan” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Fon

Etymology

Cognates include Gun làn, Saxwe Gbe olàn, Adja elan

Pronunciation

Noun

làn (plural làn lɛ́)

  1. meat

Derived terms

Gun

Làn lẹ́

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognates include Fon làn, Saxwe Gbe olàn, Adja elan, Ewe lã.

Pronunciation

Noun

làn (plural làn lɛ́ or làn lẹ́)

  1. meat

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Article

lan

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See also

Javanese

Romanization

lan

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦤ꧀

Lower Sorbian

lan

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

lan m inan (diminutive lank)

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)

Declension

Declension of lan
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative lan lana lany
Genitive lana lanowu lanow
Dative lanoju lanoma lanam
Accusative lan lana lany
Instrumental lanom lanoma lanami
Locative lanje lanoma lanach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lan”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lan”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mandarin

Romanization

lan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lán.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of làn.

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.

Middle Irish

Adjective

lan

  1. Alternative spelling of lán

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English LAN, acronym of local area network.

Noun

lan n (definite singular lanet, indefinite plural lan, definite plural lana)

  1. (networking) a LAN
  2. (computing) a LAN party

Derived terms

References

  • Cf. “lan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from earlier len, lyan (“other, different”), inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”).

Conjunction

lan

  1. and

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬮᬦ᭄ (lan)

Further reading

  • "lan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic льнъ (lĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ. Compare Ukrainian лан (lan).

Noun

lan n (plural lanuri)

  1. field (arable land)
    Synonym: ogor

Declension

Declension of lan
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lan lanul (niște) lanuri lanurile
genitive/dative (unui) lan lanului (unor) lanuri lanurilor
vocative lanule lanurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Noun

lȁn m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)

  1. flax

Declension

Declension of lan
singular plural
nominative lan lanovi
genitive lana lanova
dative lanu lanovima
accusative lan lanove
vocative lanu lanovi
locative lanu lanovima
instrumental lanom lanovima

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese lã, from Old Galician-Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).

Noun

lan

  1. wool

Turkish

Pronunciation

Interjection

lan

  1. Alternative form of ulan

Descendants

  • → Swedish: len

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare tràn (“to overflow”).

Verb

lan

  1. to spread; to run
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan

  1. orchid
See also
Derived terms

Wab

Noun

lan

  1. water

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

The sense of "up, upwards" comes from an abbreviation of the phrase i'r lan "to the shore, ashore; upwards".

Preposition

lan

  1. (South Wales) up
    Synonym: i fyny
    Antonym: i lawr
    Sa i'n mynd lan yr Wyddfa heb esgidiau addas.
    I'm not going up Snowdon without appropriate footwear.

Adverb

lan

  1. (South Wales) up, upwards
    Synonym: i fyny
    Antonym: i lawr
    Sa i'n mynd lan gyda ti yn y fflipfflops yna.
    I'm not going up with you in those flipflops.

Noun

lan

  1. Soft mutation of glan (“shore, bank”).

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glan lan nglan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

lan

  1. Soft mutation of llan (“church”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llan lan unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *lalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

lan

  1. path
  2. trail

Yámana

Noun

lan

  1. tongue

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“nephew; niece; grandchild”). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫຼານ (lān), Lü ᦜᦱᧃ (l̇aan), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥢᥴ (láan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan), Saek หล่าน.

Pronunciation

Noun

lan (classifier boux, Sawndip forms 𭓀 or 𰌮 or 𭓎 or 𬞕, 1957–1982 spelling lan)

  1. grandchild; grandson

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