FromHindiतान(tān)/Urduتان(tān).
taan (pluraltaans)
- (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique inraga singing.
1997,Kiran Nagarkar,Cuckold, HarperCollins, published2013, page147:Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take ataan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.
- IPA(key): /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈta.ʔan̪]
- Hyphenation:ta‧an
táan (Basahan spellingᜆᜀᜈ᜔)
- bait;decoy
- Synonym:paon
taan f (uncountable)
- tan, liquid containingtannic acid used fortanning
taan
- genitivesingular oftaka
taan (pluraltáán)
- ash
taan
- topierce, topenetrate, to make anopening
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqan(“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possibledoublet oftahan.
taanortaán (Baybayin spellingᜆᜀᜈ᜔)
- reserve(for future use)
- Synonyms:laan,reserba
- act ofreserving(for future use)
- Synonyms:pagtataan,paglalaan,pagrereserba
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taqan,*taqən, fromProto-Austronesian*taqan(“to set a trap; to set a snare”). CompareCebuanotaon andMalaytahan.
taánortaan (Baybayin spellingᜆᜀᜈ᜔)(fishing)
- atype offish trap made of abarricade ofstones andsplitbamboo(for catching fish in coral reefs)
- longlines forinlandwaterfishing
- Synonym:kitang
- act ofsetting up such afish trap
- Synonym:pagtataan
- “taan”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₁”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₂”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
taan
- layer
- fold
Fromta +-an.
taan (nominative pluraltaans)
- opponent,antagonist
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
táan
- (anatomy)chest
