suan

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See also: Suan, súan, suàn, suān, süän, and suǎn

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

suan

  1. genitive singular of suka

Anagrams[edit]

Gagauz[edit]

Noun[edit]

suan (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. onion

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish súan, from Proto-Celtic *sounos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (to sleep).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

suan m (genitive singular suain)

  1. sleep, slumber

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
suan shuan
after an, tsuan
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

suan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of suān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of suǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of suàn.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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 English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English swan.

Noun[edit]

suan

  1. Alternative form of swan

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English swān.

Noun[edit]

suan

  1. Alternative form of swon

Wutunhua[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

suan

  1. Tibetan (including Wutun people)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN