canapa

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

canapa

1. Alternative spelling of canahpa

Italian

una pianta di canapa – a hemp plant

Alternative forms

• canape (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of the borrowing cannabis. Compare Sicilian cànnavu and English canvas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.pa/
• Rhymes: -anapa
• Hyphenation: cà‧na‧pa

Noun

canapa f (plural canape)

1. (uncountable) hemp (Cannabis sativa)
2. a hemp plant
3. (collective) the fibers of the hemp plant
4. a fabric made from the hemp fibers

Derived terms

• canapa acquatica
• canapa del Canada
• canapa di Manila
• canapa indiana
• canapo

 

See also

• cannabis

Further reading

• canapa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkäːnäpä]

Noun

canapa f (genitive canapae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. hemp

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canapa	canapae
Genitive	canapae	canapārum
Dative	canapae	canapīs
Accusative	canapam	canapās
Ablative	canapā	canapīs
Vocative	canapa	canapae

Descendants

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: cãnipã
  • Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
  • Romanian: cânepă
• Friulian: cjanaipe
• Lombard: canav
• Piedmontese: càuna, cànua
• Italian: canapa
• → early Albanian: *kanëp
  • Gheg Albanian: kanp
  • Tosk Albanian: kërp

References

• canapa 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)