gán
verb
/ɡã́/
gẹ́n (alternative), gẹ̀n (alternative)
Definitions
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to snatch something in the air, especially with one hand
mo fọwọ́ gán bọ́ọ̀lù náà pákó I used my hand to snatch the ball swiftly from the airSimilar wordshánverb ghánverb 3 entries are spelled “ghán”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. ghán Ọwọ form of wọ́n (“to be expensive”) wọ́n they (third-person plural or honorific personal pronoun) wọ́n to be expensiveUsed ingánpákó
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 5 entries spelled “gán”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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agánnoun
Wiktionary points at “agán”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “àgàn”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “agán” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
àgàn
childlessness
ìgánnoun
Wiktionary points at “ìgán”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “igọ́n”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ìgán” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
igọ́n
a species of hawk or kite
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 7,
where this word is spelled “gan”.
Reference:
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