xan

See also: Xan

Bipi

Noun

xan

  1. water, fresh water

Further reading
  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Galician
FWOTD – 5 August 2013

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaŋ/

Noun

xan m (plural xans)

  1. a man who lets himself be controlled by anyone else[1]; a weakling
    • 1996, Xosé Cid Cabido, Unha liña no ceo: 58 narradores galegos, 1979-1996, Xerais de Galicia, page 270:
      —Xa ti mesma o dis: un xan, un xanciño.
      —You say it yourself: a weakling, a little weakling.

Derived terms
  • xanciño

References
  1. “xan”. Dicionario da Real Academia Galega.
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