esan

See also: Esan and ẹsan

Basque

Alternative forms

• erran (Northern)

Etymology

Unknown, the variant erran seems to point to an original form with an alien cluster with two different outcomes such as *esran. The synthetic forms belong to an unrelated verb with the stem -io-. Since this verb lacks non-finite forms, its forms are often given as the synthetic conjugation of esan and erran.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /es̺an/ [e.s̺ãn]
• Rhymes: -es̺an, -an
• Hyphenation: e‧san

Verb

esan du/dio (imperfect participle esaten, future participle esango, short form esan, verbal noun esate) (Southern)

1. (du) to say, tell
2. (dio) to call, to name

Usage notes

Some of the synthetic forms are archaic, so more often periphrastic will be used instead. For example, instead of

• Zer ziotsun? ― What did he/she tell you?

the periphrastic form

• Zer esan zizun? ― What did he/she tell you?

is more commonly used.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• esaera (“saying”)
• esaera zahar (“proverb”)
• esaka
• esakune
• esakuntza
• esaldi (“sentence”)
• esale
• esamesa
• esamesaka
• esamolde
• esan beharrik ez
• esan bezala (“as previously mentioned”)
• esan eta egin
• esan eta esan
• esan gabe doa (“it goes without saying”)
• esanahi (“meaning”)
• esanahitsu (“meaningful”)
• esanarazi
• esanaren esanaz
• esanbide
• esanbidez
• esanbidezko
• esaneko (“obedient”)
• esanekotasun
• esanen
• esanezin
• esangaitz
• esangin
• esangura (“meaning”)
• esanguratsu (“meaningful”)
• esankizun
• esapide
• esatari (“news anchor”)
• esate
• esate batera
• esate baterako (“for example”)
• esateke (“without saying”)
• esateko
• esateko moduan
• esaterako (“for example”)

Further reading

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

Nupe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.sã̄/

Noun

esan

1. salt

   A lá esan kún. ― They have sold the salt.

Derived terms

• èdùkósan (“ocean”)
• èdùsan (“ocean, sea”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.sã́/

Noun

èsán (plural èsánzhì)

1. bird's nest

Romansch

Alternative forms

• asen (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• asan (Surmiran, Vallader)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin asinus

Romansch esan

Inherited from Latin asinus.

Noun

esan m (plural esans)

1. (Puter) (male) donkey, ass

Coordinate terms

• (sex): esna