"-nan'" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Lower Tanana]

IPA: /nænʔ/ Forms: benan' [possessed-form, singular, third-person], -ną [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ. Cognate with Ahtna -naenʼ; compare also Navajo aniiʼ. Etymology templates: {{inh|taa|ath-pro|*neˑnʔ}} Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ, {{cog|aht|-naenʼ}} Ahtna -naenʼ, {{cog|nv|aniiʼ}} Navajo aniiʼ Head templates: {{head|taa|noun|third-person singular possessed form|benan'}} -nan' (third-person singular possessed form benan'), {{tlb|taa|MN|TB}} (Minto-Nenana, Toklat-Bearpaw)
  1. face Derived forms: ch'enan' (english: mask), to'oyi denan' (english: blade of a paddle)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*neˑnʔ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/neˑnʔ"
    ],
    [
      "-naenʼ",
      "-naenʼ#Ahtna"
    ],
    [
      "aniiʼ",
      "aniiʼ#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*neˑnʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "-naenʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna -naenʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "aniiʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Navajo aniiʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ. Cognate with Ahtna -naenʼ; compare also Navajo aniiʼ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "benan'",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ną",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "third-person singular possessed form",
        "4": "benan'"
      },
      "expansion": "-nan' (third-person singular possessed form benan')",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "MN",
        "3": "TB"
      },
      "expansion": "(Minto-Nenana, Toklat-Bearpaw)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lower Tanana",
  "lang_code": "taa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Minto-Nenana Lower Tanana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Toklat-Bearpaw Lower Tanana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "taa",
          "name": "Face",
          "orig": "taa:Face",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "mask",
          "translation": "mask",
          "word": "ch'enan'"
        },
        {
          "english": "blade of a paddle",
          "translation": "blade of a paddle",
          "word": "to'oyi denan'"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "face"
      ],
      "id": "en--nan'-taa-noun-AoLZt59C",
      "links": [
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nænʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-nan'"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "mask",
      "translation": "mask",
      "word": "ch'enan'"
    },
    {
      "english": "blade of a paddle",
      "translation": "blade of a paddle",
      "word": "to'oyi denan'"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*neˑnʔ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/neˑnʔ"
    ],
    [
      "-naenʼ",
      "-naenʼ#Ahtna"
    ],
    [
      "aniiʼ",
      "aniiʼ#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*neˑnʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aht",
        "2": "-naenʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahtna -naenʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "aniiʼ"
      },
      "expansion": "Navajo aniiʼ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *neˑnʔ. Cognate with Ahtna -naenʼ; compare also Navajo aniiʼ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "benan'",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ną",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "third-person singular possessed form",
        "4": "benan'"
      },
      "expansion": "-nan' (third-person singular possessed form benan')",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "taa",
        "2": "MN",
        "3": "TB"
      },
      "expansion": "(Minto-Nenana, Toklat-Bearpaw)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lower Tanana",
  "lang_code": "taa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lower Tanana lemmas",
        "Lower Tanana nouns",
        "Lower Tanana terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Lower Tanana terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
        "Minto-Nenana Lower Tanana",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Toklat-Bearpaw Lower Tanana",
        "taa:Face"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "face"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nænʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-nan'"
}

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