-gan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Ojibwe
Final
-gan
- nominalizer
Derived terms
Final
-gan
- bone
Related terms
- -gan-
- -kan
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final-624753
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/word-part/gan-final-625978
Turkish
preceding vowel | ||
---|---|---|
A / I / O / U | E / İ / Ö / Ü | |
default | -gan | -gen |
assimilated | -kan | -ken |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen. In Modern Turkish the suffix presents as -an, -gan or -agan.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡan/
- IPA(key): /ɡen/
- IPA(key): /kan/
- IPA(key): /cen/
Suffix
-gan
- Derives nouns of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
- gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + -egen → gezegen (“planet”)
- ısır- (“to bite”) + -gan → ısırgan (“poison ivy”, literally “that which bites a lot”)
- sıç- (“to shit, to poop”) + -an → sıçan (“rat, mouse”, literally “that which shits a lot”)
- kemir- (“to nibble, to gnaw”) + -gen → kemirgen (“rodent”, literally “that which gnaws a lot”)
- yat- (“to lie down, to incline”) + -ağan → yatağan (“a curved Ottoman sword”)
- Derives adjectives of habit or inclination from verbs.[2]
- çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + -gen → çekingen (“shy, reserved”)
- çalış- (“to work, to study”) + -kan → çalışkan (“hardworking”)
- ak- (“to flow”) + -ış (reciprocal suffix) + -kan → akışkan (“fluid”)
- değiş- (“to change”) + -ken → değişken (“variable, flexible”)
- ilet- (“to transmit, to conduct”) + -ken → iletken (“conductive”)
Derived terms
Turkish terms suffixed with -gan
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+(g)An”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-gan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1639
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