"kaan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Maya yucateco]

IPA: /kàːn/ Forms: kaan [singular], kaanoʼob [plural]
Rhymes: àːn Etymology: Del protomaya *kaahn. Compárense el lacandón kan, el chortí chan, el tseltal chan, el tsotsil chon o el huasteco tsan.
  1. Serpiente.
    Sense id: es-kaan-yua-noun-ZDLmU3hD Categories (other): YUA:Reptiles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Maya yucateco",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "YUA:Palabras provenientes del protomaya",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "YUA:Rimas:àːn",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "YUA:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del protomaya *kaahn. Compárense el lacandón kan, el chortí chan, el tseltal chan, el tsotsil chon o el huasteco tsan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaan",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaanoʼob",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "kaan",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "sense": "víbora de cascabel",
      "word": "ajaw kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "falso coralillo",
      "word": "báalam kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "serpiente chicotera",
      "word": "chayil kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "geco",
      "word": "ch'oj kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lombriz",
      "word": "lukum kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "boa",
      "word": "ooch kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "serpiente de cascabel",
      "word": "tsáab kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "boa",
      "word": "tsel kaan"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maya yucateco",
  "lang_code": "yua",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "YUA:Reptiles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serpiente."
      ],
      "id": "es-kaan-yua-noun-ZDLmU3hD",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Reptiles"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kàːn/"
    },
    {
      "alternative": "can",
      "note": "obsoleta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "àːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maya yucateco",
    "YUA:Palabras provenientes del protomaya",
    "YUA:Rimas:àːn",
    "YUA:Sustantivos"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del protomaya *kaahn. Compárense el lacandón kan, el chortí chan, el tseltal chan, el tsotsil chon o el huasteco tsan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaan",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaanoʼob",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "kaan",
  "idioms": [
    {
      "sense": "víbora de cascabel",
      "word": "ajaw kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "falso coralillo",
      "word": "báalam kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "serpiente chicotera",
      "word": "chayil kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "geco",
      "word": "ch'oj kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "lombriz",
      "word": "lukum kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "boa",
      "word": "ooch kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "serpiente de cascabel",
      "word": "tsáab kaan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "boa",
      "word": "tsel kaan"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maya yucateco",
  "lang_code": "yua",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "YUA:Reptiles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serpiente."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Reptiles"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kàːn/"
    },
    {
      "alternative": "can",
      "note": "obsoleta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "àːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaan"
}

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