# cuan
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Hokkien 賺 / 赚 (choán, “to make a profit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃu̯an/
* Hyphenation: cuan

### Noun

cuan (uncountable)
* (colloquial) profit
    Synonym: untung
    Cuanku lima puluh juta bulan ini.My profit is fifty million this month.

#### Related terms

* bocuan

### Further reading

* “cuan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kuən̪ˠ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /kuənˠ/, /kuːnˠ/; /kuən̪ˠ/, /kuːn̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan, from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

#### Alternative forms

* cuain

#### Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, nominative plural cuanta)
* bay
    Synonym: bá
* harbour
* port
    Synonyms: caladh, port

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cuan
cuanta
vocative
a chuain
a chuanta
genitive
cuain
cuanta
dative
cuan
cuanta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cuan
na cuanta
genitive
an chuain
na gcuanta
dative
leis an gcuan don chuan
leis na cuanta :

##### Derived terms

* baile cuain m (“harbour town”)
* caladh cuain m (“wharf, jetty”)
* Cuan na hAraibe m (“the Arabian Gulf”)
* cuisle cuain m (“harbour channel”)
* dícear cuain m (“bay duiker”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)
* Alternative form of cuain (“litter; brood; pack; band, company”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cuan
cuaineanna
vocative
a chuan
a chuaineanna
genitive
cuaine
cuaineanna
dative
cuan
cuaineanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chuan
na cuaineanna
genitive
na cuaine
na gcuaineanna
dative
leis an gcuan don chuan
leis na cuaineanna :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 114, page 61
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cuan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Romanization

cuan
* Nonstandard spelling of cuān.
* Nonstandard spelling of cuán.
* Nonstandard spelling of cuàn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰuan/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cúan (“bay, gulf, harbor”), from Proto-Celtic *kawnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kapnós, from *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

#### Noun

cuan m (genitive singular cuain, plural cuantan or cuaintean or cuanta)
* sea, ocean, the deep
* large lake
* (rare) harbour, haven, bay
* deceit
* multitude

##### Derived terms

* àrd-chuan m (“high sea”)
* Cuan a Tuath m (“North Sea”)
* Cuan Innseanach m (“Indian Ocean”)
* cuan mòr m (“ocean”)
* Cuan Sèimh m (“Pacific Ocean”)
* Cuan Siar m (“Atlantic Ocean”)
* cuan-àrd f (“stormy, tempestuous sea”)
* cuan-choire m (“gulf, whirlpool”)
* cuan-mara m (“sea-urchin”)
* cuantach (“seafaring”, adjective)

##### Related terms

* muir
* fairge

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish cúan (“litter (of pups or other young animals); pack (of dogs, wolves, etc.); family, band, company”), from cú (“hound”).

#### Noun

cuan m
* pack of hounds or wolves

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cúan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwan/ [ˈkwãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: cuan

### Adverb

cuan
* (dated) how, to what extent

#### Usage notes

* Used with adjectives and adverbs. Rare in modern speech, usually replaced with que, tan, cuanto, or como de. Written with an accent mark (cuán) when interrogative or exclamative, as in ¿Cuán grande es? or ¡Cuán grande es!

### Further reading

* “cuan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10