Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çan
• çã
• san

Particle

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.
   • 1565: Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana

     Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...

   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della

     Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.

   • Late 17C: annals of Puebla

     niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

• za

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
• Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Japanese

Romanization

zan

1. rōmaji reading of ざん

Kamakan

Alternative forms

• sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

1. (Kamakan) water

References

• Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

Lojban

Rafsi

zan

1. rafsi of zabna.

Mandarin

Romanization

zan

1. Nonstandard spelling of zān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• zant

Etymology

From Old High German zan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

zan ?

1. tooth

Old High German

Noun

zan m

1. Alternative form of zand