understandanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *understandan, from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, stand in the midst, understand”), from *under (“between, among”), *standaną (“to stand”). Akin to Old Frisian understanda, understonda (Saterland Frisian unnerstounde), Old High German untarstantan, Old Norse undirstanda (Middle Danish understande). Equivalent to under- +‎ standan.

発音

• IPA: /ˌun.derˈstɑn.dɑn/

動詞

understandan (West Saxon)

1. to understand
   • c. 994, Ælfric, De Anno (On the Year)

     Nū miht ðū understandan þæt lǣssan ymbgang hæfð sē mann þe gǣð abūtan ān hūs, þonne sē ðe eall ðā burh begǣð.

     Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.

2. to accept as correct
3. to observe, notice, consider

使用する際の注意点

This verb was used primarily in late West Saxon, and is almost entirely absent in the Anglian dialects. There, other synonyms were preferred, primarily onġietan.

Conjugation

同意語

• forstandan
• onġietan

派生語

• understandennes
• understanding

派生した語

• Middle English: understonden, understanden
  • English: understand
  • English: (West Yorkshire) understan
  • English: (Ottawa-Valley) unnerstand, unnerstan
  • Scots: understand, onderstand
  • Yola: understhoane