"kan" meaning in Dakota

See kan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: kaŋ [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|dak|adjective}} kan
  1. something that is very old and powerful
    Sense id: en-kan-dak-adj-Xd128RuE
  2. something incomprehensible but wonderful
    Sense id: en-kan-dak-adj-a5x5ib~1
  3. something that creates or sustains life
    Sense id: en-kan-dak-adj-UNp~X6MJ Categories (other): Dakota entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dakota entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wakaŋ
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      "form": "kaŋ",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dak",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "kan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dakota",
  "lang_code": "dak",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wakaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something that is very old and powerful"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-dak-adj-Xd128RuE"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something incomprehensible but wonderful"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-dak-adj-a5x5ib~1"
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "8 7 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dakota entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that creates or sustains life"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-dak-adj-UNp~X6MJ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dakota adjectives",
    "Dakota entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dakota lemmas",
    "Pages with 53 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaŋ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dak",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "kan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dakota",
  "lang_code": "dak",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wakaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something that is very old and powerful"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something incomprehensible but wonderful"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something that creates or sustains life"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dakota dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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