igan

Basque

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Basque *e-gan-i.

Verb

igan da (imperfect participle igaten, future participle igango or iganen, short form igan, verbal noun igate)

1. (Upper Navarre, Navarro-Lapurdian) Alternative form of igo (“to go up, to climb, to get on”)

   Arbolen gainerat igaiten zireztea? ― Do you climb trees?

   Manatua nintzen bezala, untzi bizkarrerat igan naiz. ― I got on the deck as ordered.

Derived terms

• igande (“Sunday”)

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

igan

1. third-person plural present indicative of igar

Japanese

Romanization

igan

1. Rōmaji transcription of いがん

Tagalog

Etymology

From clipping of kaibigan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiɡan/ [ˈʔiː.ɣɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iɡan
• Syllabification: i‧gan

Noun

igan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜄᜈ᜔) (slang)

1. friend; pal

   Synonym: kaibigan

   Arnold! Kumusta ka, igan?

   Arnold! How are you, friend?

Further reading

• “igan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN