oant
West Frisian
editEtymology
editProbably related to English until.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editoant
- till, until
- Oant 1944 hearde Yslân by Denemarken.
- Until 1944, Iceland belonged to Denmark.
- up to (e.g., counting in sequence)
- X oant en mei Y
- X up to and including Y; from X to Y inclusive
- extending, spanning up to (space)
Further reading
edit- “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Conjunction
editoant
- until, up to the time when (some condition occurs)
- oant it begûn te reinen
- until it began to rain
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “oant”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011