sawan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧wan

Noun

sawan

1. phobia

Cree

Noun

sawan (Syllabics ᓴᐗᓐ / ᓴᐘᐣ)

1. plains

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sāan (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.wɑn/

Verb

sāwan

1. to sow (seed, etc.) (literally or figuratively)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sāwan (strong class 7)

infinitive	sāwan	sāwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sāwe	sēow
second person singular	sǣwst	sēowe
third person singular	sǣwþ	sēow
plural	sāwaþ	sēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sāwe	sēowe
plural	sāwen	sēowen
imperative
singular	sāw
plural	sāwaþ
participle	present	past
	sāwende	(ġe)sāwen

Derived terms

• āsāwan
• besāwan
• ġeondsāwan
• ġesāwan
• ofersāwan
• sāwend
• sāwere
• tōsāwan

 

Related terms

• sǣd

Descendants

• Middle English: sowen
  • English: sow
  • Scots: saw

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay cawan, from Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn, “teacup”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /sawan/ [saˈwɑn̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: sa‧wan

Noun

sawan (Sulat Sūg spelling سَوَنْ)

1. cup (usually made of glass)

   Synonym: basu

   Tuwangan pa sawan in kahawa.

   Pour the coffee into the cups.

See also

• tasa

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.wan̪/

Noun

sawan

1. place, spot

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Yakan

From Tausug sawan, from Malay cawan, from Mandarin 茶碗 (cháwǎn, “teacup”).

Noun

sawan

1. glass (for drinking)