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Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔan , from Proto-Bahnaric *ʔun ~ *ʔuun ~ *ʔuən ~ *ʔan ~ *ʔaan ("to give"). Cognate with Khmu [Cuang] ʔan and Proto-Katuic *ʔoon .

Pronunciation

IPA ^(key): /ʔan/

Verb

ăn

to give

Chut

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔan .

Verb

ăn

to eat

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin in . Compare Aromanian ãn , Romanian în .

Preposition

ăn

in

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔan .

Verb

ăn

to eat

Nguôn

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔan .

Verb

ăn

to eat

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định ) IPA ^(key): [ʔan˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh ) IPA ^(key): [ʔan˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʔalA (classifier for things ). Cognate with Lao ອັນ (ʼan), Lü ᦀᧃ ( ̇ʼan), Shan ဢၼ် (ʼǎn), Ahom 𑜒𑜃𑜫 (ʼan), Zhuang aen , Thai อัน (an).

Classifier

ăn (安; 咹 )

Used for inanimate things that lack specific classifiers
ăn cuôi ― basket

ăn rườn ― house

ăn kha ― leg

kỉ ăn ― how many

sloong ăn mác pục ― two pomelos

Noun

ăn (Nôm form 安; 咹 )

thing
ăn đây, ăn rại ― good thing, bad thing

Ăn tỉ te chắc dá.
They already knew that.
fruit

Etymology 2

Adverb

ăn

every
ăn vằn ― every day

ăn bươn ― every month
usually
ăn pày ― usually when

References

Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^{[1] [2]} (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
Léopold Michel Cadière (1910), Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔan .

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội ) IPA ^(key): [ʔan˧˧]
(Huế ) IPA ^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧]
(Saigon ) IPA ^(key): [ʔaŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội ): (file)

Verb

ăn • (𫗒, 咹, 安 )

to eat
ăn thịt ― to eat meat; to be carnivorous

ăn bánh ― to eat cakes

ăn uống đầy bụng ― to eat and drink one's fill

ăn chay ― to go/be vegan
(rare ) synonym of uống ("to drink ")
ăn/uống sữa ― to drink milk

ăn sinh tố ― to drink a smoothie
to dine; to feast, to attend a feast, to celebrate, to commemorate
Có người mời ăn.
Someone has invited you (us, them) to come over for a meal.

ăn tết ― to feast for the new year; to celebrate the new year

ăn giỗ ― to celebrate a death anniversary
to eat with (a utensil)
Người Châu Âu không quen ăn đũa.
Europeans are unaccustomed to eating with chopsticks.
to smoke (tobacco); to chew (tobacco, paan)
Ông cụ ăn thuốc bà cụ ăn trầu.
The old man smoked while his wife chewed paan.
(literally and figuratively ) to consume
Xe này ăn tốn xăng.
This car guzzles gas.

Lò này ăn nhiều than.
This oven consumes a lot of coal.

Giấy ăn mực.
The paper ate the ink. (The pen ran out of ink.)

ăn da ― to consume skin; caustic
to pick up (a passenger, cargo)
Ô-tô ăn khách.
The car picked up a passenger.

Tàu ăn hàng.
Cargo was loaded onto the ship.
to endure (a punishment)
ăn đòn ― to be spanked

ăn đạn ― to be shot at
to enjoy, to benefit from, to earn, to win (money, a salary, roses, a prize)
ăn thừa tự ― to accept an inheritance

ăn lương ― to earn a salary

ăn hoa hồng ― to enjoy roses

ăn giải ― to win a prize
to capture (a piece in board games such as chess, xiangqi, etc.)
to empty into (a body of water)
Sông ăn ra biển.
The river empties into the sea.
to be subordinated to; to belong to (an administrative area)
Ruộng này ăn về xã tôi.
These woods lie within my commune.
to have an effect, to work
Phanh này không ăn.
The brakes don't work.
to be equivalent to, to be worth (a quantity denominated in a smaller unit)
Một cân ta ăn 600 gam.
One traditional cân is equivalent to 600 grams.

Hôm nay một đô la Mỹ ăn mười ba nghìn đồng Việt Nam.
Today, one U.S. dollar is worth 13,000 Vietnamese dong.

Derived terms

References

Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), "ăn", in Việt–Việt‎^[5] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024

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