avan

See also: -avan and avan-

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. A relation to avani (“harassment, act of violence”) cannot be ignored, although it's considered an Italian loanword. First attested in 1685 by Bogdani: "...mbasandaj për avant e turit, anëmijtë tanë të pakorët." The word was attested nowhere else.[1]

Noun

avan m

  1. (obsolete) tyrant; oppressor

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “avan”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Cornish

Etymology

Compare Welsh afan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

avan f (collective, singulative avanen)

  1. raspberries

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French avant, Italian avanti, ultimately from Latin ante. Compare Esperanto antaŭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈavan/

Preposition

avan

  1. in front of, ahead of, before (in space)
    Me es avan il en la serio.
    I am in front of him in the queue.

Antonyms

  • dop (“behind, after (in place), (US) back of”)

Paronyms

  • ante (“before (of time), earlier than”)

Sie

Verb

avan

  1. to walk

References

  • Crowley, Terry. “An Erromangan (Sye) dictionary.” (2000).
  • Crowley, T. (1998). An erromangan (Sye) grammar. University of Hawaii Press.
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