-tan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Japanese

Romanization

-tan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

Pipil

Adverb

-tan

  1. near.

Turkish

Suffix

-tan

  1. Assimilated form of -den after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

  • -chan (allomorph before i)

Etymology

From the singular/third-person form -ta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [-taŋ]

Suffix

-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

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