From Proto-Athabaskan *-(h)aˑn.

-aan

1. mother

• This noun only appears in possessed forms, but the possessive forms vary by dialect, usually featuring an additional initial consonant /n/, /b/, or /Ɂ/. Thus the third person singular possessed form ('his/her/its mother') is ubaan in the Central and Lower dialects, baan in the Western dialect, and unaan in the Mentasta dialect. Meanwhile, the first person plural possessed form ('our mother') is neʼaan in the Central, Lower, and Western dialects and nenaan in Mentasta.

• -taʼ

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 65, 699

Possibly derived from a reduced form of Proto-Algonquian *akwina·ni (“clothing”), or completely inherited from Proto-Algonquian *-a·ni if surface analysed as *akwin- (“to wear”) + *a·ni.

This is possible due to Cree inheriting both *akwina·ni and *akwin- as akwanân (“shawl”) and akonêw (“to wear”) respectively.

• IPA^(key): /aːn/
  • (Aamsskaapipikani, Aapatohsipikani, Siksika) IPA^(key): [ʌ̀ːn]
  • (Kainai) IPA^(key): [ɐ̀ːn]

-aan (obligatorily possessed)

1. forms animate nouns related to clothing
2. (isolated) robe, shawl

• Donald G. Frantz; Norma J. Russell (1989), Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 2017
• Frantz, Donald G.; Genee, Inge (2016–2023), Blackfoot Online Dictionary‎^[1], University of Toronto Press;
• Natalie Weber; Donald Derrick (2025): A phonetic description of Kainai Blackfoot.
• Hewson, John (2017), Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

From Latin -ānus.

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-aan

1. (organic chemistry) -ane
2. (demonym) -an

• alkaan
• -een
• -yn
• -yl

• "-aan" in Etymologiebank (online edition).

-aan

1. A suffix denoting the first-person singular conjunct of an animate intransitive verb (vai) with a nasal ending
2. A suffix denoting the first-person singular conjunct of a Type 2 animate intransitive verb (vai2)
3. A suffix denoting the first-, second- or third-person singular to inanimate singular independent form of a transitive inanimate verb (vti)
4. A suffix denoting the third-person singular to animate obviative form of a transitive animate verb (vta)

• -amaan
• -n
• -oon
• -yaan

Compare Rendille -an, Jiiddu -ené, Oromo -ana.

-áan f

1. Creates feminine abstract nouns from adjectives

   ‎cad + ‎-aan → ‎cadaan

   ‎cas + ‎-aan → ‎casaan

-aan

1. I (first-person singular clitic personal pronoun)

   ‎waa + ‎-aan → ‎waan

   Waan cabbay. ― I drank.

• Saeed, J. I. (1999). "Somali". John Benjamins Publishing, page 151

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