manan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "manan"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• moana (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German meinen, from Old High German meinen, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan (“to mean, think”), from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; lament”). Cognates include German meinen, East Central German maane (Erzgebirgisch), Yiddish מיינען (meynen), Dutch menen, English mean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːnɐn/
• Hyphenation: ma‧nan

Verb

manan (past participle gmant) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Carinthia)

1. (intransitive) to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose

   Synonyms: denka, denkn, glaubn

   I man i tram. ― I believe I'm dreaming.

   I håb gmant, es kummts muagn. ― I thought you were coming tomorrow.

   Wås manst? ― What do you think?

2. (intransitive) to say; to utter; not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive

   Synonym: sågn

   Wås håst gråd gmant? ― What did you just say?

   I man jå nur. ― Just saying.

3. (transitive) to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something

   I man, wås i såg. ― I mean what I say.

4. (transitive) to mean; to have in mind; to convey

   So håb i des ned gmant. ― That's not what I meant.

   Mants es is göbe oder is greane Haus? ― Do you mean the yellow or the green house?

Conjugation

Conjugation of manan

infinitive	manan
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	man	-	manad
2nd person sing.	manst	-	manadst
3rd person sing.	mant	-	manad
1st person plur.	manan	-	manadn
2nd person plur.	mants	-	manats
3rd person plur.	manan	-	manadn
imperative sing.	man
imperative plur.	mants
past participle	gmant

Finnish

Noun

manan

1. genitive singular of mana

Anagrams

• manna

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmanan/

Verb

manan

1. first-person singular present indicative of mannat

Spanish

Verb

manan

1. third-person plural present indicative of manar

Turkish

Noun

mânân

1. second-person singular possessive of mana