ahan

See also: Ahan

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ahan, from Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar.[1] Since afannō is a verb, ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɑ̃/
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Noun

ahan m (plural ahans)

  1. (dated) pain due to manual labour
  2. groan

See also

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of ahan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

Manikion

Verb

ahan

  1. cut (grass)/mow

Declension

Inflection of ahan
subject simple irrealis instrumental irrealis instrumental
singular first-person dahan demahan dahan damahan
second-person bahan bemahan bahan bamahan
third-person ahan emahan ahan amahan
dual first-person exclusive amahan amemahan amahan amamahan
inclusive nahan namahan nahan namahan
second-person yahan yemahan yahan yamahan
third-person lahan lemahan lahan lamahan
plural first-person exclusive emahan ememahan emahan emamahan
inclusive mahan mamahan mahan mamahan
second-person yahan yemahan yahan yamahan
third-person lahan lemahan lahan lamahan

References

  • A Grammar Sketch of Sougb, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar.[1] Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Noun

ahan oblique singularm (oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

  1. pain; torment; suffering

Descendants

  • French: ahan

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of ahan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Yami

Noun

ahan

  1. coral (usually dead)