dandan

See also: dàndan and dàndàn

Japanese

Romanization

dandan

1. Rōmaji transcription of だんだん

Malay

Etymology

Compare Malagasy randrana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dandan/
• Rhymes: -ndan, -dan, -an

Verb

dandan (Jawi spelling دندن)

1. to hairdress
2. to plait hair

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendandan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• dandanan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• mendandan [agent focus] (meN-)
• didandan [patient focus] (di-)
• berdandan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dandan

Further reading

• “dandan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
d-n-d-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَنْدَنَ (dandana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan.dan/

Verb

dandan (imperfect jdandan, past participle mdandan, verbal noun dandin)

1. to clang
2. to dress well

Conjugation

Conjugation of dandan
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	dandant	dandant	dandan		dandanna	dandantu	dandnu
	f			dandnet
imperfect	m	ndandan	ddandan	jdandan		ndandnu	ddandnu	jdandnu
	f			ddandan
imperative			dandan				dandnu

Taroko

Etymology

From Japanese 段々 (dandan).

Noun

dandan

1. (Truku) stairs