yaan

See also: Ya-an, Ya'an, yâan, and -yaan

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *hanʸ (“to eat”). Cognate with Navajo -YĄ́Ą́ʼ, Lower Tanana yon.

Root

yaan

  1. to eat

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Durative yaan yaanʼ yiił yaanʼ
Durative d-effect daan daanʼ diił daanʼ
Durative-customary yiix yiix yiix yiix
Momentaneous yiis yaan, yaanʼ yiił ?
Momentaneous yen yen ? ?
Customary yiis yiis yiis yiis

Derived terms

  • c'ezyen (“he/she has an appetite”)
  • cʼaan (“flour, bread”)
  • cʼeyaan (“he/she is eating something”)
  • cʼeyiix (“he/she customarily eats something”)
  • daan (“it is being eaten”)
  • -daaneʼ (“animal's food”)
  • deyaan
  • icʼełyaan (“he is feeding something to him”)
  • koyaan
  • nyaan
  • ukʼeʼscʼeyaani (“table”)

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 429

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ja.ˈan/, [ja.ˈan]

Pronoun

yaan

  1. (interrogative) when

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

Cognate with Zoogocho Zapotec yan, Choapan Zapotec yan.

Noun

yaan

  1. corncob

References

  • López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012), Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20

Tlingit

Noun

yaan

  1. hunger

References

  • X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell. Tlingit Dictionary. 2021. p. 171.
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