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Algonquin
Noun
misan
- firewood
Esperanto
Adjective
misan
- accusative singular of misa
Malay
Etymology 1
Elision of manisan, itself an ellipsis of manisan lebah (lit. 'bee-sweet'); from manis + -an. Doublet of manisan and nisan.
Noun
misan (Jawi spelling ميسن, plural misan-misan, informal 1st possessive misanku, 2nd possessive misanmu, 3rd possessive misannya)
- (Kedah) honey
- Synonyms: air lebah, madu, manisan lebah, ningsan, nisan
Etymology 2
Likely related to nisan, from Persian نشان (nešân), نیشان (nišân, “sign, mark”), from Middle Persian nyšʾn' (nīšān, “sign, mark, banner”), nyš (nīš-).
Noun
misan (plural misan-misan, informal 1st possessive misanku, 2nd possessive misanmu, 3rd possessive misannya)
- (Brunei) tombstone
- Synonyms: nisan, batu nisan
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ميسن mesan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 138
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ميسن misan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 666
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “misan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 143
Ojibwe
Etymology
miS- + -an
Noun
misan
- plural of mishi
Ogii-pigishkiga'aanan iniw misan.- He chopped up that firewood.
Usage notes
misan is an irregular plural form. For inflected forms see mishi
Spanish
Verb
misan
- third-person plural present indicative of misar