laan

From Cantonese 欄 / 栏 (laan^4-1, “wholesaler”).

laan (plural laans)

1. (Hong Kong, obsolete) wholesaler, especially of fresh food
   • 1926 April 20, “Only A Joke! $10,600 Found in Safe of Pig Laan. Hotel Mystery Cleared.”, in The China Mail, page 1:

     Accompanied by police and the owner, he led the way to premises in the western district which were used as the office of a pig laan (i.e. a wholesale pig depot).

   • 1934, Report of the Committee Regarding the Marketing of New Territories Produce in Hong Kong and Kowloon‎^[1]:

     Mr Wong stated that the laans are getting more and more vegetables from the New Territory every year.

   • 1952 May 14, “Poultry Laan Partnership Dispute Ends In Court.”, in The China Mail, page 10:

     By a letter dated November 30, 1948, defendant wrongly claimed and still claims that he has a right to have his name inserted in the Food Shop License of the said Laan.

laan

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	laa (many)

laan

1. land

laan (past min laan, future go laan, a go laan, wi laan, wil laan, completive dun laan, imperfective a laan)

1. learn

laan

1. west (compass point)

• barat

compass points:  ^[edit]

laan

1. west (towards the west)
2. west (western)
3. west (occidental)

From Middle Dutch laen, lane, from Old Dutch *lana, from Proto-Germanic *lanō. More at lane.

• IPA^(key): /laːn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: laan
• Rhymes: -aːn

laan f (plural lanen, diminutive laantje n)

1. lane, avenue

• laa'n

From English learn.

• IPA^(key): /lɑːn/

laan

1. (intransitive) to learn
2. (transitive) to teach

• De Nyew Testament‎^[2], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025
• Virginia Mixson Geraty, Gulluh fuh oonuh: Gullah for You (1997)

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /laˈʔan/ [lɐˈʔan̪]
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔan/ [ˈlaː.ʔɐn̪] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: la‧an

laán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

1. in reserve; reserved for the future (or for someone)

   Synonyms: reserbado, nakareserba, nakalaan, patagana

2. prepared; ready (for voluntary service)

   Synonyms: handa, nakahanda, nahahanda

laán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

1. reserving of something (for the future or for someone)

   Synonym: paglalaan

2. reserve; something kept (for the future or for someone)

   Synonyms: reserba, panlaan

3. condition of being prepared for voluntary service

   Synonyms: handa, kahandaan, pagkahanda

• lana

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

laan

1. sail

• Tetun – English Dictionary