kan
Translingual
English
Noun
kan (plural kan)
- A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
- 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:
- After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kan, singular of kunnen, from Middle Dutch cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
Audio (file)
Alak
Alternative forms
- akan (Alak)
Further reading
- Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27
Awar
Further reading
- Catherine Levy, Language Research in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Awar (2005)
Bambara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kã˦ã˨]
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
Preposition
kan
- of—objective marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names.
- Harong kan panadero.
- House of the baker.
- Agom kan lalaki.
- Spouse of the man
Breton
Catalan
Alternative forms
- khan (superseded)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic.
Derived terms
- gran kan
- kanat
Further reading
- “kan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From a variant of Middle High German gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g-. Cognate with German gen; Alemannic German and Bavarian gan. Doublet of ghéghen.[1]
Preposition
kan
References
- “gen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Further reading
- “kan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkʰanˀ], [ˈkʰan], [ˈkʰa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Rhymes: -and
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑn/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: kan
- Rhymes: -ɑn
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch canne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
kan f (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (xān, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.[1]
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kan
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
- imperative of kunnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen
Synonyms
- (present singular): kunt (2 sg.)- more formal
References
- “khan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “kan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gagauz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).
German
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒn]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɒn
Noun
kan (plural kanok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kan | kanok |
accusative | kant | kanokat |
dative | kannak | kanoknak |
instrumental | kannal | kanokkal |
causal-final | kanért | kanokért |
translative | kanná | kanokká |
terminative | kanig | kanokig |
essive-formal | kanként | kanokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kanban | kanokban |
superessive | kanon | kanokon |
adessive | kannál | kanoknál |
illative | kanba | kanokba |
sublative | kanra | kanokra |
allative | kanhoz | kanokhoz |
elative | kanból | kanokból |
delative | kanról | kanokról |
ablative | kantól | kanoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kané | kanoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kanéi | kanokéi |
Possessive forms of kan | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kanom | kanjaim |
2nd person sing. | kanod | kanjaid |
3rd person sing. | kanja | kanjai |
1st person plural | kanunk | kanjaink |
2nd person plural | kanotok | kanjaitok |
3rd person plural | kanjuk | kanjaik |
References
- kan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- kan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- List of names for domestic animals (in Hungarian)
Indonesian
Etymology
Shortened from kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Hyphenation: bukan
- Rhymes: -an
Adverb
kan
Further reading
- “kan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kera
References
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]
Kholosi
Lacandon
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.
Derived terms
- akꞌir chuj kan
- bʌkcheꞌkan
- chʌk kan
- ekꞌeꞌkan
- jach kan
- jachkan
- komir
- ruꞌkan
- yotꞌer kan
References
- Baer, Phillip; Baer, Mary; Chan Kꞌin, Manuel; Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51) (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93
Mandarin
Romanization
kan
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Marshallese
Middle English
Musi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaːn/
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (non-standard since 1938) kann
Nupe

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ká.ŋ̀/
References
- Isaac George (March 1970), “Nupe Tonology”, in Studies in African Linguistics
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa),[1] from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “ear”).[1][2] Cognate with Hindi कान (kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).
References
- Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “kan”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 134a
- Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
- Marcel Courthiade (2009), “o kan, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 185b-186a
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “kan, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 150
Seimat
References
- Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâːn/
- Rhymes: -âːn
Somali
Spanish
Further reading
- “kan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tok Pisin
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قان (kan, “blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkan/
Declension
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Definite accusative | kanı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | kan | kanlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kanı | kanları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | kana | kanlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kanda | kanlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | kandan | kanlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kanın | kanların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wutunhua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰɑ]
Yoruba
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1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení Counting: oókan Adjectival: kan, méní Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan |
Etymology 1
Derived from oókan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ꜜkã̄/
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kã̀/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kã́/
Yucatec Maya
Alternative forms
- can (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *koohng-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkan]
References
- Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Can. Quatro. 4.”
- Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, pages 60, 203