gwan

From various English dialects, notably Gullah.

gwan

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going on.
2. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of go on.
   • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 199:

     “Aw, gwan, you slave driver,” the boy said, dashing from the room.

3. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going.

   I need to get to gwan.

• wha gwan, wha' gwan, what's gwan

Blend of goose +‎ swan

gwan (plural gwans)

1. (neologism, rare) A hybrid between a goose and a swan, especially the offspring of a gander (male goose) and a pen (female swan).

   Synonym: swoose

• AgNW, Ngwa, Wang, gawn, gnaw, wang

From Old Breton guenion pl, from Proto-Celtic *wasnos. Cognate with Old Cornish guan, Welsh gwan, and Old Irish fann (Irish fann).

gwan

1. weak

gwan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぐわん
2. Rōmaji transcription of ぐゎん
3. Rōmaji transcription of グヮン
4. Rōmaji transcription of グァン

• gwann (obsolete)
• gwàn (Dyfed, colloquial)

From Middle Welsh guan, gvan, gwann, gwan, from Proto-Celtic *wasnos. Cognate with Breton gwan, Old Cornish guan, and Old Irish fann (Irish fann).

• IPA^(key): /ɡwan/

gwan (feminine singular gwan, plural gweinion, equative gwanned, comparative gwannach, superlative gwannaf)

1. weak

• gwangalon (“faint-hearted”)
• gwanhau (“to weaken; to attenuate; to dilute”)
• gwanllyd (“sickly”)
• gwanychu (“to weaken; to attenuate; to dilute”)
• gwendid (“weakness”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwan”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies