oan

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oan"

Breton

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *oɨn, from Proto-Celtic *ognos, compare Welsh oen, Old Irish úan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”).

Noun

oan m (plural ein)

  1. lamb
    Oan Doue ― Lamb of God

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

oan

  1. first-person singular imperfect of bezañ
    Trist e oan.
    I was sad.

Finnish

Noun

oan

  1. genitive singular of oka

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hōc annō.

Adverb

oan

  1. this year

Descendants

  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ujan
  • Gallo: ouan
  • Middle French: ouan, enwan
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: ouan

References

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, compare Malay anak.

Noun

oan

  1. son
  2. offspring

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冤 (“unjust/to wrong”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oan • (寃)

  1. wronged; victimized; persecuted
  2. wrongful; unjust; unrighteous

Adverb

oan • (寃)

  1. wrongfully; unjustly; unfairly

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian on, from Proto-West Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic *an. Cognates include Dutch aan, Low German an and English on.

Preposition

oan

  1. on (not "on top of")
    Example: "oan 'e oare kant" (on the other hand, lit, "on the other side")
    Example: "it skilderij hinget oan 'e muorre" (the painting hangs on the wall)
  2. to, towards

Derived terms

Yola

Yola cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : oan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English oon, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic *ain. Cognates include English one and Scots ane.

Pronunciation

Numeral

oan (plural oanès)

  1. one
    Synonym: o

Pronoun

oan

  1. one
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 94:
      Ye be welcome hearthillee, ivery oan.
      You are heartily welcome, every one.
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
      But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

Adjective

oan

  1. one
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
      * * * * oan anooree
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;
      Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60 & 94
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