inan

See also: înan, İnan, and in ấn

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nán/, [ʔi.nán]

Pronoun

inan (Kana spelling イナン)

1. (interrogative) which, which one

See also

Ainu interrogative pronouns

Personal			Qualitative	Quantitative	Temporal	Spacial
what?	who?	which?	what kind of? how?	how many?	when?	where?
hemanta, nep	hunna, nen	inan	mak, makanak, nekon	henpak	henpara	hunak

Aputai

Noun

inan

1. woman

Further reading

• M. Taber, Toward a better understanding of the indigenous languages of southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics, 32:2, 389-441 (1993)

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiː.naːn]

Noun

īnān (animate)

1. third-person singular possessive of nāntli; his, her or its mother.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinan/
• Rhymes: -inan
• Syllabification: i‧nan

Adjective

inan

1. accusative singular of ina

Old High German

Alternative forms

• inen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *inǭ, accusative singular masculine of *iz.

Pronoun

inan

1. accusative singular of er: him

Descendants

• Middle High German: in, inen
  • Alemannic German: in
  • Cimbrian: in, inn (Sette Comuni)
  • German: ihn
  • Hunsrik: ihn

Somali

Alternative forms

• iran

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *ínàm m *ìnám f, possibly from Proto-Cushitic *ʔiŋ- (“child”).

Cognate with Rendille inam. Perhaps related to Daasanach iny (“son”), Konso inanta (“daughter”) or related to Dabarre alan and Garre elen.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔīnàn/

Noun

ínan m (plural inammo, definite inanka)

1. boy, son

Inflection

Declension of inan

	singular
absolutive	ínan
nominative	inan
genitive	inán
vocative	inanow, inanyahow

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈnán/

Noun

inán f (plural inamo, definite inanta)

1. girl, daughter

Declension of inan

	singular
absolutive	inán
nominative	inani
genitive	inanéed
vocative	inaneey, inanyahay

References

• “inan”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, compare Nias ina and Tagalog ina.

Noun

inan

1. mother

Turkish

Verb

inan

1. second-person singular imperative of inanmak