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Breton
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Brythonic *ʉn, from Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Cornish onan, Manx unnane.
Pronunciation
Numeral
unan
- one
See also
Montagnais
Etymology
Cognate with Atikamekw wananic.
Pronunciation
- (Uashat-Sheshatshiu) IPA(key): /unaːn/
- (Pessamit) IPA(key): /uːnaːn/
- (Mamit) IPA(key): /wanaːn/
Noun
unan anim
- landlocked salmon, wananish
References
Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.
Spanish
Verb
unan
- inflection of unir:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Tagalog
Etymology
From ulunan with elision of /l/, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulun-an (“place where one rests the head: wooden headrest”). Compare Ilongot unan, Kapampangan ulnan, Bikol Central ulunan, Cebuano unlan, Hiligaynon ulunan, Waray-Waray ulunan, Maranao olonan, Higaonon uluna, Tausug ūan, and Malagasy ondana.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
unan (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈᜈ᜔)
- pillow
- Synonyms: almowada, ulunan
Mayroon ka pang isang unan?- Do you have one more pillow?
- anything used to rest one's head
- (baseball) base; station
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qulun₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- ^ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 1011
Further reading
- “unan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
unan
- third-person plural future colloquial of uno