cuan

See also: cuàn, cuán, cuān, cúan, and cúán

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 賺／赚 (choán, “to make a profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃu̯an/
• Hyphenation: cuan

Noun

cuan (first-person possessive cuanku, second-person possessive cuanmu, third-person possessive cuannya)

1. (colloquial) profit

   Synonym: untung

   Cuanku lima puluh juta bulan ini.

   My profit is fifty million this month.

Related terms

• bocuan

 

Further reading

• “cuan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kuən̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kuənˠ/, /kuːnˠ/; /kuən̪ˠ/, /kuːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan, from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Alternative forms

• cuain

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, nominative plural cuanta)

1. bay

   Synonym: bá

2. harbour
3. port

   Synonyms: caladh, port

Declension

Declension of cuan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuan cuanta vocative a chuain a chuanta genitive cuain cuanta dative cuan cuanta forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cuan na cuanta genitive an chuain na gcuanta dative leis an gcuan don chuan leis na cuanta

Derived terms

• baile cuain m (“harbour town”)
• caladh cuain m (“wharf, jetty”)
• Cuan na hAraibe m (“the Arabian Gulf”)
• cuisle cuain m (“harbour channel”)
• dícear cuain m (“bay duiker”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)

1. Alternative form of cuain (“litter; brood; pack; band, company”)

Declension

Declension of cuan (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuan cuaineanna vocative a chuan a chuaineanna genitive cuaine cuaineanna dative cuan cuaineanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chuan na cuaineanna genitive na cuaine na gcuaineanna dative leis an gcuan don chuan leis na cuaineanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuan	chuan	gcuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Mandarin

Romanization

cuan

1. Nonstandard spelling of cuān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cuán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cuàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuan/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbor”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, plural cuantan or cuaintean or cuanta)

1. sea, ocean, the deep
2. large lake
3. (rare) harbour, haven, bay
4. deceit
5. multitude

Derived terms

• àrd-chuan m (“high sea”)
• Cuan a Tuath m (“North Sea”)
• Cuan Innseanach m (“Indian Ocean”)
• cuan mòr m (“ocean”)
• Cuan Sèimh m (“Pacific Ocean”)
• Cuan Siar m (“Atlantic Ocean”)
• cuan-àrd f (“stormy, tempestuous sea”)
• cuan-choire m (“gulf, whirlpool”)
• cuan-mara m (“sea-urchin”)
• cuantach (“seafaring”, adjective)

 

Related terms

• muir
• fairge

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cúan (“litter (of pups or other young animals); pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.); family, band, company”), from cú (“hound”).

Noun

cuan m

1. pack of hounds or wolves

Mutation

Mutation of cuan

radical	lenition
cuan	chuan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: cuan

Adverb

cuan

1. (dated) how, to what extent

Usage notes

• Used with adjectives and adverbs. Rare in modern speech, usually replaced with que, tan, cuanto, or como de. Written with an accent mark (cuán) when interrogative or exclamative, as in ¿Cuán grande es? or ¡Cuán grande es!

Further reading

• “cuan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28