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West Frisian
Etymology
Probably related to English until.
Pronunciation
Preposition
oant
- till, until
Oant 1944 hearde Yslân by Denemarken.- Until 1944, Iceland belonged to Denmark.
- up to (e.g., counting in sequence)
X oant en mei Y- X up to and including Y; from X to Y inclusive
- extending, spanning up to (space)
Further reading
- “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Conjunction
oant
- until, up to the time when (some condition occurs)
oant it begûn te reinen- until it began to rain
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011