Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin canna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cana f (plural canes)

  1. Archaic form of canya.
  2. (historical) unit of length of eight pams (handspans); ~1.60m

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Classical Nahuatl edit

Adverb edit

cana

  1. Alternative spelling of canah

Fala edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin canna.

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. reed, cane
  2. fishing rod

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. grey hair

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin canna (reed), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, reed), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
    1. the stem of such plants
    2. (botany) giant reed (Arundo donax)
    3. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
      Synonym: cana de azucre
    4. fishing rod
      Synonym: cana de pescar
    5. a slender twig
      • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 194:
        outros que nõ an boca senõ tã estreyta [como] hũa cana de avelão
        and others that almost have no mouth, but one so narrow as a hazel twig
      Synonym: cimbra
    6. (nautical) tiller
    7. shaft
    8. shaft of a boot
    9. long bone and its bone marrow
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin canus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. white or gray hair

Adjective edit

cana

  1. feminine singular of cano

References edit

  • cana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • cana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cana” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish cana.

Noun edit

cana m (genitive singular canann)

  1. cub, whelp
  2. bardic poet of the fourth order
Declension edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

cana

  1. present subjunctive of can

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cana chana gcana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: cà‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of canapa (hemp).

Noun edit

cana f (plural cane)

  1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint
    Synonym: spinello

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

cana

  1. feminine singular of cano

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Adjective edit

cāna

  1. inflection of cānus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective edit

cānā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cānus

References edit

  • cana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cana”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • cana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cano, cana, probably from Latin canis (dog).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cana m

  1. cub
    Synonym: cuilén
  2. puppy
    Synonym: cuilén

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Scottish Gaelic: cana
  • Irish: cana

Mutation edit

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cana chana cana
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin canna (reed), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, reed), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
  2. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
    Synonym: cana-de-açúcar
  3. (botany) canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
  4. fishing pole
    Synonym: cana de pesca
  5. cane (walking stick)
    Synonym: bengala
  6. (Brazil, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)
    Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cachaça, (Rio Grande do Sul) canha, pinga
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown, but compare Rioplatense Spanish cana.

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) jail; prison
    Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, (Brazil, slang) xadrez

Noun edit

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer
    Synonyms: polícia, policial, (slang) tira

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cana f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cană

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (wolf pup) by transference.

Noun edit

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

  1. killer whale, orca, grampus
    Synonym: mada-chuain
  2. porpoise
    Synonyms: pèileag, puthag
  3. sturgeon
    Synonyms: bradan-sligeach, bradan-cearr
  4. Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

Noun edit

cana m

  1. puppy, whelp

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English can.

Noun edit

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

  1. can, tin
    Synonym: canastair

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cana chana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈka.na]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: ca‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin cāna, feminine of cānus (hoary), or derived from the feminine of Spanish cano. Compare Portuguese .

Noun edit

cana f (plural canas)

  1. white or gray hair
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], a slang term for police.[1][2][3]

Noun edit

cana f (uncountable)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department
    • 1972, Osvaldo Guglielmino, Las leguas amargas:
      Que nos callásemos, que va a mandar a la policía.
      -¡La policía no ! -dice Azucena- ¡ Rajemos chicas , que viene la cana ... !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) jail, prison

Noun edit

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

cana

  1. feminine singular of cano

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Lipski, John (1994): Latin American Spanish, p. 176
  2. ^ Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment (2018)
  3. ^ While the City Sleeps: A History of Pistoleros, Policemen, and the Crime Beat in Buenos Aires Before Perón, p. 117

Anagrams edit

Venetian 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

cana f (plural cane)

  1. tube
  2. pipe

Derived terms edit

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

  • cân (literary, third-person singular present/future; literary, second-person singular imperative)
  • canaf (first-person singular future)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cana

  1. inflection of canu:
    1. first-person singular future colloquial
    2. third-person singular present indicative/future literary
    3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cana gana nghana chana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.