caña
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cana"
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Noun edit
caña f (plural cañes)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
- canha (Reintegrationist)
Etymology edit
Perhaps form Spanish caña (“cane, reed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caña m (plural cañas)
- aguardiente, a brandy or distillate of grape pomace
- Synonym: augardente
References edit
- “caña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caña f (plural cañas)
- cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
- reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
- slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
- glass of beer
- (Chile, informal) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)
- (anatomy) shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
- (Northeast Spain) drinking straw
- Synonym: pajita
Derived terms edit
- caña agria
- caña de ámbar
- caña de azúcar
- caña de Batavia
- caña de Bengala
- caña de Castilla
- caña de cuentas
- caña de Indias
- caña de la India
- caña de patata
- caña de pesca
- caña de pescar
- caña de vaca
- caña del ancla
- caña del pulmón
- caña del timón
- caña fístula
- cañada
- cañazo
- caño
- columna de media caña
- dar caña
- haber toros y cañas
- meter caña
- papel de caña
- sapo de caña
- tirar la caña
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “caña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014