wán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wan"

Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

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Pichinglis

Pichinglis numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: wán

Etymology

From English one.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wán/

Determiner

wán

  1. only, alone
  2. approximately

Numeral

wán

  1. one; a, an
    • 2019, Kofi Yakpo, A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎[1] (overall work in English and Pichinglis), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 106:
      Yu sabí sé wán motó fɔ wán mún na cincuenta dólar, ɛf yu hól wán motó fɔ wán mún.
      You know that a car for one month is fifty dollars, if you keep a car for only one month.

Derived terms

  • wán-ɛn-háf (one and a half)
  • wántɛn (suddenly)

Pronoun

wán

  1. one, the one
    • 2019, Kofi Yakpo, A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎[2] (overall work in English and Pichinglis), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104:
      Di láyf fɔ́s tɛ́n e bin swít pás di wán tidé.
      Life in the past was more enjoyable than that of today.

References

  • Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 577