kuan

See also: Kuan, kuān, kuǎn, and ku-an

Basque

Noun

kuan

1. inessive singular of ku

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Tagalog kuwan, Ilocano kua, Central Bikol kuwan, Kapampangan kayi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʔan/ [kuˈʔan̪]
• Hyphenation: ku‧an

Noun

kuán (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. placeholder noun when the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or deliberately avoids the intended noun to use, whatchamacallit

   Synonym: unsa

   Si kuan kay 'toa sa kuan nagkuan ni kuan.

   This person is in this place doing this action to this person.

   Gabitay iyang kuan.

   His thing is hanging.

Derived terms

• gikuan
• gikuanan
• gipakuan
• igkuan
• inigkuan
• ipakuan
• kakuan
• kakuanon
• kuana
• kuanan
• kuananan
• kuani
• kuankuanon
• kuanon
• kuanonon
• magkuan
• magkuankuan
• magpakuan
• makakuan
• makigkuan
• makuan
• mangakuan
• manguan
• mokuan
• nagkuan
• nagpakuan
• nakakuan
• nakigkuan
• nakuan
• nangakuan
• nanguan
• nikuan
• pagkakuan
• pagkuan
• pagpakuan
• pakigkuan
• pakuan
• pakuana
• pakuankuan
• pakuanon
• panguan
• tagakuan
• tigkuan
• tingkuan

Adjective

kuán (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. placeholder adjective when the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or deliberately avoids the intended adjective to use, so-and-so

   Kuan kaayo nga tawo.

   A very so-and-so person.

Derived terms

• kakuan
• magkakuan
• nagkakuan
• pagkakuan
• pinakakuan

Interjection

kuán (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

1. used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty: um, umm, uh

   Oy, kuan...

   Hey, umm...

Usage notes

• Kuan and its derivatives are used as a placeholder name when the object, person, time, quantity, quality, place, or action being referred to is temporarily forgotten, unknown, irrelevant, deliberately being avoided, or understandable by context to the people involved in the conversation. It could be roughly translated to English whatshisname, thingy, somebody, something, somewhere, sometime, so-and-so, etc.
• Kuan could be combined with a variety of affixes and markers, which narrow down the intended meaning accordingly. Examples:
  • si kuan and ni kuan will always refer to a person
  • sa kuan can refer to a time, place, or thing
  • magkuan and kuanon refer to actions
• Kuan and its derivatives are widely used in colloquial settings. It is often subject to ridicule whenever a person extensively uses the word in a short period of time. It is therefore largely avoided in formal settings.

Mandarin

Romanization

kuan

1. nonstandard spelling of kuān
2. nonstandard spelling of kuǎn

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.

Nafaanra

Noun

kuan

1. wing