manan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "manan"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • moana (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German meinen, from Old High German meinen, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan (to mean, think), from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (to mean, think; lament). Cognates include German meinen, East Central German maane (Erzgebirgisch), Yiddish מיינען (meynen), Dutch menen, English mean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑːnɐn/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nan

Verb

manan (past participle gmant) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Carinthia)

  1. (intransitive) to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
    Synonyms: denka, denkn, glaubn
    I man i tram.I believe I'm dreaming.
    I håb gmant, es kummts muagn.I thought you were coming tomorrow.
    Wås manst?What do you think?
  2. (intransitive) to say; to utter; not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive
    Synonym: sågn
    Wås håst gråd gmant?What did you just say?
    I man jå nur.Just saying.
  3. (transitive) to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
    I man, wås i såg.I mean what I say.
  4. (transitive) to mean; to have in mind; to convey
    So håb i des ned gmant.That's not what I meant.
    Mants es is göbe oder is greane Haus?Do you mean the yellow or the green house?

Conjugation

Conjugation of manan
infinitive manan
past participle gmant
present past subjunctive
1st person singular man manad
2nd person singular manst manadst
3rd person singular mant manad
1st person plural manan manadn
2nd person plural mants manats
3rd person plural manan manadn
imperative
singular man
plural mants

Finnish

Noun

manan

  1. genitive singular of mana

Anagrams

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmanan/

Verb

manan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mannat

Spanish

Verb

manan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of manar

Turkish

Noun

mânân

  1. second-person singular possessive of mana