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an

[ʔan]

particle

LanguageCentral Bikol (Philippines)

Meaning
  1. direct marker for all general nouns other than personal proper nouns
  2. A function word used to indicate the subject of a sentence for general nouns.
Examples

Nagdalagan an lalaki pasiring sa baybayon.

The man ran towards the shore.

Pronunciationʔan

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteThis is a fundamental grammatical marker in Central Bikol.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.