-aan
noun
LanguageAhtna (United States)
Meaning- mother
- A kinship term used to refer to a person's mother. It usually appears with a possessive prefix.
Saan ggaay.
My dear mother.
Part of speechnoun
Usage noteThe hyphen at the start indicates it is a dependent noun that requires a possessive prefix.
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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.