joan

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

English

Verb

joan (third-person singular simple present joans, present participle joaning, simple past and past participle joaned)

1. Alternative form of jone

Basque

Alternative forms

• fan (Biscayan)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *e-oHa-n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟoan/ [ɟo.ãn]

• Rhymes: -oan, -an
• Hyphenation: jo‧an
  • (Souletin) IPA^(key): [ʒo.an]

Verb

joan da/zaio (imperfect participle joaten, future participle joango or joanen, short form joan, verbal noun joate)

1. to go

   Zergatik ez goaz etxera? ― Why don't we go home?

   Datorren urtean Estatu Batuetara joango naiz. ― Next year I will go to the United States.

2. to concern, affect, involve

   Ez sartu zuri ez doazkizun kontuetan. ― Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.

Usage notes

Joan only means "to concern" when there is a dative (NORI) argument present. This can either be expressed synthetically in the verb joan or as a form of the auxiliary verb izan.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “joan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “joan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dend. Cognate with Irish deannach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒaun/

Noun

joan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. dust

Mutation

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɔn/

Noun

joan

1. (pathology) psoriasis