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Ainu
Etymology
From to (“that”) + an (“is”), literally “(the thing) which is that”.
Pronunciation
Adjective
toan (Kana spelling トアン, plural toanokay)
- (demonstrative) that (far from the listener and speaker)
See also
Ainu demonstrative adjectives
- Notes
- ^ The noun form is formed by adding pe, for objects (ex.: tanpe, "this thing"), or kur, for persons (ex.: tan kur, "this person").
Galician
Verb
toan
- third-person plural present indicative of toar
Manx
Noun
toan m (genitive singular , plural )
- tone
Derived terms
Mutation
Spanish
Verb
toan
- third-person plural present indicative of toar
Swedish
Noun
toan
- definite singular of toa
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 酸.
Noun
toan
- (colloquial) acid
- Synonym: axít
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French toile (“cloth; canvas”).
Noun
toan
- canvas
Etymology 3
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 算 (“to calculate; to plan”, SV: toán).
Verb
toan
- to intend (to); to attempt (to); to contemplate
Derived terms
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English to (“toe”), from Old English tā, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā.
Pronunciation
Noun
toan
- toes
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 72