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Aromanian
Etymology
From Greek ξένος (xénos).
Adjective
xen m (feminine xeanã, masculine plural xenj, feminine plural xeani or xeane)
- foreign
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Noun
xen m (plural xenj, feminine equivalent xeanã)
- foreigner
Synonyms
Drehu
Pronunciation
Verb
xen
- to eat
References
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Timote
Numeral
xen
- alternative form of xem (“two”)
Further reading
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), page 128 (notes that this form, and xem, is used in both Timote and Cuica)
Vietnamese
Etymology
Possibly from a proto-form whose *-r- infixed instrumental derivative gave rise to chèn (see also such pairs as chèo and xeo as well as chày and xay).
Both xen and chèn may also be related to chen.
Pronunciation
Verb
xen • (偏, 扦, 𦍫)
- to edge oneself; to insert; to come between
- (colloquial) to interfere; to meddle; to intervene
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