daan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“old”), from Proto-Austronesian *daqaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔan/ [ˈd̪a.ʔan̪]

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• Hyphenation: da‧an

Adjective

dáan (intensified daanon, Basahan spelling ᜇᜀᜈ᜔)

1. (now rare) old (already used)

   Synonyms: luma, antigo

   Antonym: bago

2. stale (for food)

   Synonyms: bahaw, paso (for cigarettes)

   Antonyms: labas, presko

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

daan

1. road; path; street

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“old”), from Proto-Austronesian *daqaN.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧an
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔan/ [ˈd̪a.ʔɐn̪]

Adjective

dáan (Badlit spelling ᜇᜀᜈ᜔)

1. old

   Antonym: bag-o

2. worn-out

   Synonyms: bayat, hilis

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *dálan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

daan

1. road; path

Adjective

daan

1. former

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“old”), from Proto-Austronesian *daqaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔan/ [ˈda.ʔan]
• Hyphenation: da‧an

Adjective

dáan

1. old
2. used; worn-out

Adverb

dáan

1. beforehand
2. first of all
3. right away

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan, from Proto-Austronesian *daqaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔan/ [ˈdɐ.ʔɐn]
• Hyphenation: da‧an

Adjective

dáan (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜀᜈ᜔)

1. old; ancient; obsolete

   Synonym: duog

   daan a bado

   old clothes

2. stale

   Synonym: baak

Alternative forms

• dą

Etymology

From -DĄĄD (“spring passes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑ̀ːn]

Noun

daan

1. springtime, spring (season)

   Dąągo honeezílí łeh. ― It’s usually warm in the spring.

See also

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈʔan/ [d̪ɐˈʔan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
• (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʔan/ [ˈd̪aː.ʔɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -aʔan
• Syllabification: da‧an

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *dálan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan. Compare Kapampangan dalan, Bikol Central dalan, Cebuano dalan / dan, Tausug dān, Kavalan razan, Chamorro chalan, Malay jalan, and Amis lalan.

Etymology 2

By extension of etymology 1 in the Southern Luzon axis. Compare Kapampangan dalan (“hundred”). Possibly related to Ternate cala (“1000”) and Loloda calana (“1000”).

Further reading

• “daan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 139: “Camino) Daan (pp) largo o corto”
  • page 262: “Dozientos) Daan [(pp)] contando, dalvang daan, dozientos”
  • page 467: “Paſar) Daan (pp) por qualquiera parte”
  • page 527: “Repleto) Daan (pp) y ayto de comida”
  • page 599: “Via) Daan (pp) o camino”
  • page 615: “Ziento) Daan (pp) contando, ſangdaan, ziento, dalvang daan, dozientos.”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 108
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zalan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• F. S. Watuseke (1976) “West Makian, a Language of the North-Halmahéra Group of the West-Irian Phylum”, in Anthropological Linguistics‎, volume 18, number 6, →ISSN, pages 274–285

Anagrams

• Adan, anda