acan

See also: aĉan and -acán

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

acan

1. alternative spelling of ahcan

Malay

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: a‧can

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن, active mengacan, 3rd person passive diacan)

1. To mislead (to confuse and throw off an opponent).

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن, active mengacan, 3rd person passive diacan)

1. To hope.

   Synonyms: harapkan, cita-citakan

Etymology 3

Verb

acan (Jawi spelling اچن)

1. (Kedah) To interrupt someone (in a joking manner).

Further reading

• "acan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.kɑn/

Verb

acan

1. to ache

Conjugation

Conjugation of acan (strong, class VI)

infinitive	acan	acenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ace	ōc
second person singular	æcst	ōce
third person singular	æcþ	ōc
plural	acaþ	ōcon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ace	ōce
plural	acen	ōcen
imperative
singular	ac
plural	acaþ
participle	present	past
	acende	(ġe)æcen, (ġe)acen

Descendants

• Middle English: aken, ake, eken
  • English: ache
  • Scots: yawk
  • Yola: aake

Polish

Etymology

Contraction of waszmość pan; from waszmość pan to waćpan to wasan to acan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡san/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡san
• Syllabification: a‧can

Noun

acan m pers (female equivalent acani or acanka, diminutive acanek)

1. (dated) you (polite second person m-personal nominative pronoun)

   Synonyms: acpan, aćpan, asan, asindziej, aspan, pan, wacan, waćpan, wasan, waspan, waszmość pan

Declension

Declension of acan

	singular	plural
nominative	acan	acani/acany (deprecative)
genitive	acana	acanów
dative	acanu/acanowi	acanom
accusative	acana	acanów
instrumental	acanem	acanami
locative	acanie	acanach
vocative	acanie	acani

Derived terms

adjective

• acani

Related terms

adjectives

• waćpanowy
• waćpański

nouns

• acanna
• acaństwo
• acpan
• acpani
• aćpan
• aćpani
• asan
• asani
• asanna
• asaństwo
• aspan
• aspani
• aspanna
• wacan
• wacani
• wacanna
• waćpan
• waćpani
• waćpanna
• waćpaństwo
• wasan
• wasani
• wasanna
• wasaństwo
• waspan
• waspani
• waspanna
• waszmość pan
• waszmość pani
• waszmość panna
• waszmość państwo

verb

• waspanować

Further reading

• acan in Polish dictionaries at PWN