ian

English Online Dictionary. What means ian‎? What does ian mean?

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈian]
• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: i‧an

Etymology 1

i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -a (correlative suffix of kind) + -n

Determiner

ian

1. accusative singular of ia

Etymology 2

i- (indeterminate correlative prefix) + -an (obsolete correlative suffix of time)

Adverb

ian

1. Obsolete form of iam.

Usage notes

Initially, the correlatives for time ended with -an instead of -am: kian, tian, ian, ĉian, nenian instead of the modern kiam, tiam, iam, ĉiam, neniam. Zamenhof left a one-year period (from Esperanto's creation in 1887 to 1888) during which changes to Esperanto could be proposed. After that year, the only change that was made was changing the time correlatives from -an to -am due to the risk of confusion with correlatives ending with -a + the accusative ending -n. The forms with -an are no longer used, but they can be found in older texts from that one-year period. This is the only reform proposal that has ever been successfully implemented into Esperanto.

References

Japanese

Romanization

ian

1. Rōmaji transcription of いあん

North Frisian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Föhr-Amrum) IPA^(key): [iɐ̯n]

Numeral

ian

1. (Föhr-Amrum) feminine/neuter of een

Shoshone

Etymology

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Adverb

ian

1. carefully, attentively

References

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