apan

See also: APAn and apán

English

Alternative forms

• APAn

Etymology

Etymology tree

English APA

Middle English -n

English -n

English apan

From APA (“amateur press association”) + -n (“of or pertaining to”).

Noun

apan (plural apans)

1. (fandom slang) A member of an amateur press association.
   • 1990 August, Guy Lillian, “'Tis the Season”, in Mimosa‎^[1], number 8, page 4:

     The greatest apan of all time lives on a quiet old street rising above Hagerstown, Maryland.

   • 1998 October 3, Brown, Rich [Dr Gafia], “Fan Terms (1)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 13 June 2018, message-ID <19981003020622.14181.00000964@ng52.aol.com>:

     Most of the participants in the mundane apas are hobby printers—-and the disdain with which our fandom once viewed Xeroxing of fanzines is but a pale reflection of the way mundane apans have looked upon the mimeo and the ditto as a means of publishing "papers" (as they call their amateur publications).

   • 2006 May, Arnie Katz, “The Thin Veneer”, in confuSon‎^[3], volume 1, number 4:

     I immediately began a cutback. I remained an enthusiastic apan, but by the time I gafiated around 1976, I was in only one, FAPA.

Synonyms

• apahack

Hyponyms

• biapan, multiapan, omniapan

Related terms

• apazine

Anagrams

• paan, Napa, NAPA, napa, Pana

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for apanapan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧pan

Noun

apan

1. a grasshopper

   Synonyms: apan, apanapan

Related terms

• dulon

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon apan (“adult locust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpan/, [aˈpãn]
• Hyphenation: a‧pan

Noun

apán

1. (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) dragonfly

   Synonym: (Caviteño, Ternateño) tutubi

Finnish

Verb

apan

1. first-person singular present indicative of appaa

Anagrams

• napa, paan

Hiligaynon

Noun

apán

1. adult locust

Malay

Noun

apan

1. (dialectal, Sambas) pan

Old English

Noun

apan

1. inflection of apa:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Pipil

Etymology

From at (“water”) +‎ -pan (“upper surface; place/area; time”, locative).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈapaŋ/

Noun

apan (plural ajapan)

1. river

   Yahquet maltiat tic ne apan ne pipilmet

   The children went to bathe in the river

Related terms

• apanmil (“irrigation corn”)
• apanti (“irrigated field”)

Quechua

Verb

apan

1. third-person singular present indicative of apay

Swedish

Noun

apan

1. definite singular of apa

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Noun

apan

1. grasshopper

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish afán.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpan/ [ʔɐˈpan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧pan

Noun

apán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜈ᜔)

1. enthusiastic eagerness

   Synonyms: sigla, sigasig

2. eager inclination for an activity, as a hobby

   Synonym: hilig

3. vehement desire

   Synonyms: lunggati, nasa

Related terms

• apanado

Further reading

• “apan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 14

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpan/, [ʔaˈpan]

Noun

apán

1. grasshopper

References

• Abuyen, Tomas A. (2000), “apan”, in Diksyunaryo Waray-waray (Visaya), English-Tagalog, Mandaluyong City: National Book Store, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

apan

1. river

Yola

Alternative forms

• apaa, apa, upan, upa, pa (aphetic)

Etymology

From Middle English apan, upan, from Old English upon, uppon, uppan (“on, upon, up to, against, after, in addition to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpan/, /aˈpaː/, /ʊˈpan/, /ʊˈpaː/, (aphetic) /paː/

Preposition

apan

1. upon
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.

     With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     Aar was a muskawn o buthther ee-laaide apan hoat shruaanès,

     There was a great heap of butter laid upon hot scraps,

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:

     [Wee] vaate apan vaate a met-borde was ee-halt.

     [With vat upon vat a meat-borde was held.]

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     Amang wefty jhemes, 'cha jeist ee-rid apan.

     Among cobwebby scraps, I have just alighted on.

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Ich aam a vat hog it's drue. Aar is ken apan aam.

     I am a fat hog, 'tis true. There is ken upon them.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23