oant

West Frisian

Etymology

Preposition

oant

  1. till, until
    Oant 1944 hearde Yslân by Denemarken.
    Until 1944, Iceland was governed by Denmark.
  2. up to (e.g., counting in sequence)
    X oant en mei Y
    X up to and including Y; from X to Y inclusive
  3. extending, spanning up to (space)

Further reading
  • “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Conjunction

oant

  1. until, up to the time when (some condition occurs)
    oant it begûn te reinen
    until it began to rain

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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