Etymology Edit Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa Taíno *kanowa ( “ dugout canoe ” ) (compare Arawak kanoa ( “ canoe ” ) , Wayuu anuwa anua ( “ boat, canoe ” ) ), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa
Pronunciation Edit canoe (plural canoes
A small long and narrow boat , propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles . The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter IX, in The Younger Set , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , OCLC 24962326 He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, [ …]
( slang ) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.( gambling ) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel , shaped like upside-down boats.Descendants Edit Translations Edit
small long and narrow boat
Arabic: قَارِب الْكَانُو m ( qārib al-kānū )
Armenian: կանոե (hy) ( kanoe )
Asturian: canoa (ast) f
Bulgarian: кану n ( kanu )
Catalan: canoa f
Chamicuro: pi'tochi
Cheyenne: sémo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨木舟 (zh) , 独木舟 (zh) ( dúmùzhōu )
Cornish: kanou m
Czech: kánoe (cs) f
Danish: kano (da)
Dogrib: elà
Dutch: kano (nl) m korjaal (nl) f
Edo: okọ
Esperanto: kanuo kanoto
Estonian: kanuu
Faroese: kano f
Finnish: kanootti (fi)
French: canoë (fr) m
Galician: canoa (gl) f
Georgian: ბაიდარა ( baidara )
German: Kanu (de) n Kanadier (de) m
Greek: κανό (el) n ( kanó )
Hausa: kwalekwale
Hawaiian: waʻa
Hebrew: קנו (he)
Hindi: कश्ती (hi) f ( kaśtī )
Hungarian: kenu (hu)
Hunsrik: Kanoh f
Igala: ọ́kọ̀
Irish: canú m báidín m curach (ga) f curachán m curach chaol f
Isoko: okọ
Italian: canoa (it) f
Ivatan: tataya
Jamaican Creole: kianuu kianu kunu
Japanese: カヌー (ja) ( kanū )
Karok: páah
Kilivila: waga masawa ( for Kula exchange )
Korean: 카누 ( kanu )
Lao: ເຮືອຄານູ (lo) ( heu kha nu )
Latvian: kanu laiva
Lutshootseed: q'il'bid
Malay: kanu
Maori: waka (mi)
Nahuatl:
Central: acalli
Central Huasteca: akali
Classical: acalli
Orizaba: akalli
Temascaltepec: akalli
Western Huasteca: akali
Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł
Norwegian: kano m
Nupe: eya
Ojibwe: jiimaan
Old Tupi: ygara
Oromo: bidiruu
Pashto: کنوه f ( kanoa )
Persian: کانو
Plautdietsch: Kon (nds) m
Portuguese: canoa (pt) f
Romanian: canoe (ro) f
Russian: кано́э (ru) n ( kanóe ) , байда́рка (ru) f ( bajdárka )
Samoan: vaʻa
Spanish: canoa (es) f
Sranan Tongo: kruyara
Swedish: kanot (sv)
Tagalog: lunday
Tahitian: vaʻa
Thai: เรือแจว ( rʉʉa-jɛɛo )
Tongan: vaka
Turkish: kano (tr)
Tuvan: хеме ( xeme )
Ukrainian: кано́е n ( kanóe )
Urhobo: okọ
Vietnamese: xuồng (vi)
Volapük: kanud
Welsh: ceufad canŵ
Yoruba: ọkọ̀ ọ̀pẹẹrẹ ọkọ̀
Yuracare: pojore
slang: an oversized luxury car
canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes present participle canoeing simple past and past participle canoed
To ride or paddle a canoe. Translations Edit
to ride or paddle a canoe
Derived terms Edit Further reading Edit canoe Wikipedia
