-tan

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

-tan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

Pipil[edit]

Adverb[edit]

-tan

  1. near.

Turkish[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-tan

  1. Alternative form of -dan

Ye'kwana[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • -chan (allomorph before i)

Etymology[edit]

From the singular/third-person form -ta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-tan

  1. Directs that the command or request expressed by a verb must be executed somewhere else and not at the place where the order was given when the verb is in the non-third-person plural, i.e. when the suffix is followed by -tö.

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, page 235
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