zian

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻ian/ [s̻i.ãn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻ian/ [s̻i.ãn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺ian/ [s̺i.ãn]

• Rhymes: -ian, -an
• Hyphenation: zi‧an

Verb

zian

1. Masculine allocutive form of zuen.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡si.ˈan]

Noun

zian (nominative plural zians)

1. aunt

Declension

Declension of zian

	singular	plural
nominative	zian	zians
genitive	ziana	zianas
dative	ziane	zianes
accusative	ziani	zianis
vocative 1	o zian!	o zians!
predicative 2	zianu	zianus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• jiter

Hypernyms

• ter (“uncle or aunt”)

Coordinate terms

• hiter
• ziom (“uncle”)