xan
See also: Xan
Bipi
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Galician
FWOTD – 5 August 2013
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaŋ/
Noun
xan m (plural xans)
- a man who lets himself be controlled by anyone else[1]; a weakling
- 1996, Xosé Cid Cabido, Unha liña no ceo: 58 narradores galegos, 1979-1996, Xerais de Galicia, page 270:
- —Xa ti mesma o dis: un xan, un xanciño.
- —You say it yourself: a weakling, a little weakling.
- —Xa ti mesma o dis: un xan, un xanciño.
- 1996, Xosé Cid Cabido, Unha liña no ceo: 58 narradores galegos, 1979-1996, Xerais de Galicia, page 270:
Derived terms
- xanciño
References
- “xan”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.
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