joan

See also: Joan and Jóan

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *e-oHa-n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /xoan/, [xo̞.ãn]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /joan/, [jo̞.ãn]
    • (Biscayan) IPA(key): [d͡ʒo.an]
    • (Gipuzkoan) IPA(key): [xo.an]
    • (Navarrese) IPA(key): [jo.an]
    • (Navarro-Lapurdian) IPA(key): [ɟo.an]
    • (Souletin) IPA(key): [ʒo.an]

Verb

joan ? (present participle joaten, future participle joango, short form joan, verbal noun joate)

  1. to go
    Zergatik ez goaz etxera? ― Why don't we go home?
    Datorren urtean Estatu Batuetara joango naiz. ― Next year I will go to the United States.
  2. to concern, affect, involve
    Ez sartu zuri ez doazkizun kontuetan. ― Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.

Usage notes

Joan only means "to concern" when there is a dative (NORI) argument present. This can either be expressed synthetically in the verb joan or as a form of the auxiliary verb izan.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • "joan" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “joan” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dend. Cognate with Irish deannach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒaun/

Noun

joan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. dust

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
joanyoann'yoan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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