cuan

See also: cuàn, cuán, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 賺 / 赚 (choán, “to make a profit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu̯an/
  • Hyphenation: cuan

Noun

cuan (plural cuan-cuan)

  1. (colloquial) profit
    Synonym: untung
    Cuanku lima puluh juta bulan ini.
    My profit is fifty million this month.

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan,[4] from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, nominative plural cuanta)

  1. bay
    Synonym: bá
  2. harbour
  3. port
    Synonyms: caladh, port
Declension
Declension of cuan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuan cuanta
vocative a chuain a chuanta
genitive cuain cuanta
dative cuan cuanta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuan na cuanta
genitive an chuain na gcuanta
dative leis an gcuan
don chuan 		leis na cuanta
Derived terms
  • baile cuain m (“harbour town”)
  • caladh cuain m (“wharf, jetty”)
  • Cuan na hAraibe m (“the Arabian Gulf”)
  • cuisle cuain m (“harbour channel”)
  • dícear cuain m (“bay duiker”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)

  1. alternative form of cuain (“litter; brood; pack; band, company”)
Declension
Declension of cuan (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuan cuaineanna
vocative a chuan a chuaineanna
genitive cuaine cuaineanna
dative cuan cuaineanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chuan na cuaineanna
genitive na cuaine na gcuaineanna
dative leis an gcuan
don chuan 		leis na cuaineanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuan
radical lenition eclipsis
cuan chuan gcuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 114, page 61
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 474, page 151
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 279; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “cuan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Mandarin

Romanization

cuan

  1. nonstandard spelling of cuān
  2. nonstandard spelling of cuán
  3. nonstandard spelling of cuàn

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰuan/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbor”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, plural cuantan or cuaintean or cuanta)

  1. sea, ocean, the deep
  2. large lake
  3. (rare) harbour, haven, bay
  4. deceit
  5. multitude
Derived terms
  • àrd-chuan m (“high sea”)
  • Cuan a Tuath m (“North Sea”)
  • Cuan Innseanach m (“Indian Ocean”)
  • cuan mòr m (“ocean”)
  • Cuan Sèimh m (“Pacific Ocean”)
  • Cuan Siar m (“Atlantic Ocean”)
  • cuan-àrd f (“stormy, tempestuous sea”)
  • cuan-choire m (“gulf, whirlpool”)
  • cuan-mara m (“sea-urchin”)
  • cuantach (“seafaring”, adjective)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cúan (“litter (of pups or other young animals); pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.); family, band, company”), from cú (“hound”).

Noun

cuan m

  1. pack of hounds or wolves

Mutation

Mutation of cuan
radical lenition
cuan chuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: cuan

Adverb

cuan

  1. (dated) how, to what extent

Usage notes

  • Used with adjectives and adverbs. Rare in modern speech, usually replaced with que, tan, cuanto, or como de. Written with an accent mark (cuán) when interrogative or exclamative, as in ¿Cuán grande es? or ¡Cuán grande es!

Further reading

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