tane

English

Alternative forms

• ta'en

Verb

tane

1. (archaic or Scotland) Alternative form of taken
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:

     Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?
     And haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tënē.

Noun

taṇe

1. tin (metal)

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Noun

tane f

1. plural of tana

Anagrams

• -ante, Etna, ante, ante-, nate

Japanese

Romanization

tane

1. Rōmaji transcription of たね

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taihā, possibly a plural reanalysed as singular. Cognates include Old English tā and Old Saxon *tēha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːne/

Noun

tāne f

1. (anatomy) toe

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Tone
• West Frisian: tean

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Scots

Participle

tane

1. past participle of tak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دانه (tane), from Persian دانه (dâne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâne/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ne

Noun

tȁne n (Cyrillic spelling та̏не)

1. (regional) bullet

   Synonyms: kùršum, kúgla, mȅtak, pùščano zȑno

Declension

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• tne
• tene

Etymology

te (neuter deictic pronoun) + -ne

Adverb

tane

1. here, hereupon

   kᵤse tne cmīträ mā srūkoy

   whoever is born here, would not die

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ta‧ne

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tane. Cognates include Hawaiian kane and Samoan tane.

Noun

tane

1. tinea

Etymology 2

Noun

tane

1. suckers of a mollusc's tentacle

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tane

1. Alternative form of tone

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English tank.

Noun

tane

1. tank (container for liquids)
2. tank (armoured vehicle)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 372

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دانه (tane), from Persian دانه (dâne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑːˈne/

• Audio

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Noun

tane (definite accusative taneyi, plural taneler)

1. grain
2. kernel
3. seed
4. bead
5. a generic counter word, used after a numeral or the interrogative determiner kaç, optionally followed by a noun phrase, often left untranslated

   Dünyada kaç tane okyanus vardır? ― How many oceans are there in the world?

   Üç tane aldım ― I have bought three of them (or three items, three pieces, etc.).

   • 1934 May 20, “Balık bolluğu”, in Akşam, page 5:

     Son günler zarfında fazla balık çıkıyor. Dün palamutun tanesi mahale aralarında 100 paraya satılıyordu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

See also

• tohum