acan

See also: aĉan and -acán

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

acan

  1. alternative spelling of ahcan

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن, active mengacan, 3rd person passive diacan)

  1. To mislead (to confuse and throw off an opponent).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن, active mengacan, 3rd person passive diacan)

  1. To hope.
    Synonyms: harapkan, cita-citakan

Etymology 3

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن)

  1. (Kedah) To interrupt someone (in a joking manner).

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.kɑn/

Verb

acan

  1. to ache

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: aken, ake, eken
    • English: ache
    • Scots: yawk
    • Yola: aake

Polish

Etymology

Contraction of waszmość pan; from waszmość pan to waćpan to wasan to acan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡san/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡san
  • Syllabification: a‧can

Noun

acan m pers (female equivalent acani or acanka, diminutive acanek)

  1. (dated) you (polite second person m-personal nominative pronoun)
    Synonyms: acpan, aćpan, asan, asindziej, aspan, pan, wacan, waćpan, wasan, waspan, waszmość pan

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adjectives
  • waćpanowy
  • waćpański
nouns
verb
  • waspanować

Further reading

  • acan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sundanese

Alternative forms

Adverb

acan (Sundanese script ᮃᮎᮔ᮪)

  1. Thus far; up to the present
    1. In negative or interrogative use
      anggeus acan?
      Is it done yet?
      acan kénéh acan
      it's not really done yet

Derived terms

  • saacan
  • saacanna