-tan

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Japanese

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Romanization

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-tan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たん

Pipil

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Adverb

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-tan

  1. near.

Turkish

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Suffix

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-tan

  1. Alternative form of -dan

Ye'kwana

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Alternative forms

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  • -chan (allomorph before i)

Etymology

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From the singular/third-person form -ta.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tan

  1. Directs that the command or request expressed by a verb must be executed somewhere else and not at the place where the order was given when the verb is in the non-third-person plural, i.e. when the suffix is followed by -tö.

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 235