dandan

dandan

See also: dàndan and dàndàn

Japanese

Romanization

dandan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だんだん

Malay

Etymology

Compare Malagasy randrana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dandan/
  • Rhymes: -ndan, -dan, -an

Verb

dandan (Jawi spelling دندن)

  1. to hairdress
  2. to plait hair

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: dandan

Further reading

Maltese

Root
d-n-d-n
4 terms

Etymology

    Inherited from Arabic دَنْدَنَ (dandana).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdan.dan/
    • Rhymes: -andan

    Verb

    dandan (imperfect jdandan, past participle mdandan, verbal noun dandin)

    1. to clang
    2. to dress well

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of dandan (Form Iq)
    positive forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m dandant dandant dandan dandanna dandantu dandnu
    f dandnet
    imperfect m ndandan ddandan jdandan ndandnu ddandnu jdandnu
    f ddandan
    imperative dandan dandnu
    negative forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m dandantx dandantx dandanx dandanniex dandantux dandnux
    f dandnitx
    imperfect m ndandanx ddandanx jdandanx ndandnux ddandnux jdandnux
    f ddandanx
    imperative ddandanx ddandnux

    Sranan Tongo

    Etymology

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    Noun

    dandan

    1. A bat, a club

    Taroko

    Etymology

    From Japanese 段々 (dandan).

    Noun

    dandan

    1. (Truku) stairs

    Woiwurrung

    Alternative forms

    • darnum (parrot)[1]

    Noun

    dandan

    1. parrot[1]
    2. blue mountain parrot[1] (likely Swainson's Blue Mountain Parrot - rainbow lorikeet)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg87