lan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

Translingual

Symbol

lan

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Laru.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Laru terms

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /lan˧/

Adjective

lan

  1. lazy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon[1], Payap University, page 65

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese lan (and) (compare to Javanese ꦭꦤ꧀ (lan)).

Conjunction

lan (Balinese script ᬮᬦ᭄)

  1. and

Further reading

  • lan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Basque

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /lan/ [lãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: lan

Noun

lan inan

  1. work, task
  2. labour
  3. annoyance, trouble

Declension

Declension of lan (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive lan lana lanak lanok
ergative lanek lanak lanek lanok
dative lani lanari lanei lanoi
genitive lanen lanaren lanen lanon
comitative lanekin lanarekin lanekin lanokin
causative lanengatik lanarengatik lanengatik lanongatik
benefactive lanentzat lanarentzat lanentzat lanontzat
instrumental lanez lanaz lanez lanotaz
innesive lanetan lanean lanetan lanotan
locative lanetako laneko lanetako lanotako
allative lanetara lanera lanetara lanotara
terminative lanetaraino laneraino lanetaraino lanotaraino
directive lanetarantz lanerantz lanetarantz lanotarantz
destinative lanetarako lanerako lanetarako lanotarako
ablative lanetatik lanetik lanetatik lanotatik
partitive lanik
prolative lantzat

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • lan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Fala

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: lan

Noun

lan f (plural lanis)

  1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) wool

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Fon

Etymology

Cognates include Gun làn, Saxwe Gbe olàn, Aja (West Africa) elan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lã̀/

Noun

làn (plural làn lɛ́)

  1. meat

Derived terms

  • lànmɛ̀ (body)

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognates include Fon làn, Saxwe Gbe olàn, Aja (West Africa) elan, Ewe .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lã̀/

Noun

làn (plural làn lɛ́ or làn lẹ́)

  1. meat

Derived terms

  • lànmɛ̀ (body)
  • lànmẹ̀ (body)

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lã/

Article

lan

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notes

Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See also

Javanese

Romanization

lan

  1. romanization of ꦭꦤ꧀

Linngithigh

Noun

lan

  1. tongue
  2. rays of the Sun on water
  3. spearpoint

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lan/

Noun

lan m inan (diminutive lank)

  1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “lan”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “lan”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mandarin

Romanization

lan

  1. nonstandard spelling of lán
  2. nonstandard spelling of lǎn
  3. nonstandard spelling of làn

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German lāȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈlaːn/

Verb

lān (irregular, third-person singular present lāt, past tense lie, past participle gelān, past subjunctive lieȥe, auxiliary hān)

  1. to let
    • 13th c., Neidhart von Reuental, Meie dīn liechter schīn:
      Ich was ie, swieȥ ergie,
      sît daȥ ich ir künde vie,
      in ir dienste, dës si nie
      selten mich genieȥen lie,
      dort und etewenne hie,
      swie sie mir gebôt.
      I always was, however it came,
      Since I got to know her,
      I was at her service, what she never
      Ever repaid to me,
      Here there and everywhere,
      Just as she ordered.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: lassen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “lān”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
  • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “lān”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition

Middle Irish

Adjective

lan

  1. alternative spelling of lán

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English LAN, acronym of local area network.

Noun

lan n (definite singular lanet, indefinite plural lan, definite plural lana)

  1. (networking) a LAN
  2. (computing) a LAN party

Derived terms

References

  • Cf. “lan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

Old English

Noun

lān n

  1. alternative form of lǣn

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from earlier len, lyan (other, different), inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (to change appearance).

Conjunction

lan

  1. and

Descendants

Further reading

  • "lan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

lan m inan

  1. (Near Masovian) alternative form of len

Further reading

  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889), “lan”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny[3] (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic льнъ (lĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ. Compare Ukrainian лан (lan).

Noun

lan n (plural lanuri)

  1. field (arable land)
    Synonym: ogor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lan lanul lanuri lanurile
genitive-dative lan lanului lanuri lanurilor
vocative lanule lanurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.

Noun

lȁn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)

  1. flax

Declension

Declension of lan
singular plural
nominative lan lanovi
genitive lana lanova
dative lanu lanovima
accusative lan lanove
vocative lanu lanovi
locative lanu lanovima
instrumental lanom lanovima

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese , from Old Galician-Portuguese lãa (wool), from Latin lāna (wool), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (wool).

Noun

lan

  1. wool

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫɑn/, [ˈɫ̟ɑn̟]

Interjection

lan

  1. alternative form of ulan

Descendants

  • Swedish: len

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare tràn (to overflow).

Verb

lan

  1. to spread; to run
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    Noun

    (classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan

    1. orchid
    See also

    Wab

    Noun

    lan

    1. water

    Further reading

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /lan/
    • Rhymes: -an

    Etymology 1

    The sense of "up, upwards" comes from an abbreviation of the phrase i'r lan "to the shore, ashore; upwards".

    Preposition

    lan

    1. (South Wales) up
      Synonym: i fyny
      Antonym: i lawr
      Sa i'n mynd lan yr Wyddfa heb esgidiau addas.
      I'm not going up Snowdon without appropriate footwear.

    Adverb

    lan

    1. (South Wales) up, upwards
      Synonym: i fyny
      Antonym: i lawr
      Sa i'n mynd lan gyda ti yn y fflipfflops yna.
      I'm not going up with you in those flipflops.

    Noun

    lan

    1. soft mutation of glan (shore, bank)

    Derived terms

    • lan a lawr (up and down)
    • lan lofft (upstairs)
    • lanlwytho (to upload)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of glan
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    glan lan nglan unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    lan

    1. soft mutation of llan (church)

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of llan
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    llan lan unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    West Coast Bajau

    Etymology

    From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *lalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

    Noun

    lan

    1. path
    2. trail

    Yámana

    Noun

    lan

    1. tongue

    Zhuang

    Etymology

    From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (nephew; niece; grandchild). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫຼານ (lān), ᦜᦱᧃ (l̇aan), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥢᥴ (láan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan), Saek หล่าน.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    lan (classifier boux, Sawndip forms 𭓀 or 𰌮 or 𭓎 or 𬞕, 1957–1982 spelling lan)

    1. grandchild; grandson

    Derived terms

    • bawxlan
    • ciuhlan
    • dahlan
    • daihlan
    • daeglan
    • goyezlan
    • goyelan
    • goyilan
    • landaeuz
    • langwiz
    • lanbawx
    • lanbaex
    • lancaiz
    • lanlaej
    • lanluz
    • lanlux
    • lanmbauq
    • lanmbwk
    • lannyingz
    • lanranzrog
    • lansai
    • lansau
    • lanvaiqseng
    • lanvaihseng
    • lwglan