luan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlu(w)ɑn/
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Noun

luan (countable and uncountable, plural luans)

  1. Alternative spelling of lauan.

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin leō, leōnem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈan/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: lu‧án

Noun

luan m (plural luanë, definite luani, definite plural luanët)

  1. (zoology) lion
  2. (figurative, also as adjective) brave, valiant, courageous

Declension

Declension of luan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative luan luani luanë luanët
accusative luanin
dative luani luanit luanëve luanëve
ablative luanësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “luan”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 232

Further reading

  • “luan”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “luan”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]

Mandarin

Romanization

luan

  1. nonstandard spelling of luán
  2. nonstandard spelling of luǎn
  3. nonstandard spelling of luàn
  4. nonstandard spelling of lüán
  5. nonstandard spelling of lüǎn

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.

Tetum

Noun

luan

  1. width
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