gane

See also: gané, gañe, and ganē

Asturian

Verb

gane

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of ganar

Galician

Verb

gane

1. inflection of ganir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latvian

Etymology

From gans (“shepherd”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

Noun

gane f (5th declension, masculine form: gans)

1. (female) shepherd, shepherdess

Declension

Declension of gane (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gane	ganes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gani	ganes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ganes	gaņu
dative (datīvs)	ganei	ganēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gani	ganēm
locative (lokatīvs)	ganē	ganēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	gane	ganes

Middle English

Etymology

See yawn.

Verb

gane

1. To yawn; to gape.
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 35-36:

     Se how he ganeth, lo, this dronken wight,
     As though he wolde us swolwe anon-right.

     See how he yawns, lo, this drunken fellow,
     As though he would swallow us right away.

Poitevin-Saintongeais

Noun

gane

1. plant varieties that are found on coastal dunes, typically used to keep the sand stable

References

• Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 202.

Portuguese

Verb

gane

1. inflection of ganir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sahu

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *gani (“louse”), with irregular lowering of the final vowel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ne/

Noun

gane

1. louse

References

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Scots

Verb

gane

1. past participle of gae

Alternative forms

• gaen

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡane/ [ˈɡa.ne]
• Rhymes: -ane
• Syllabification: ga‧ne

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ganar.

Noun

gane m (plural ganes)

1. (Central America) win; victory

Etymology 2

Verb

gane

1. inflection of ganar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gane”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Noun

gane

1. dative singular of gan