tany

Inherited from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtaɲ]

tany m (plural tanys)

1. (botany) sprout

   Synonym: rebrot

2. (botany) sucker (sprout growing from the base of a tree)

• taní

• “tany”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tany”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “tany” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq. Compare Malay tanah, Chamorro tano'.

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tany

1. earth
2. soil

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

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tany

1. lament, weeping, tears