hemp
See also: Hemp
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English hemp, hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, from Old English henep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)
- A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
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TranslationsEdit
Cannabis sativa
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a coarse fibre
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish העמד (hemd).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)
- shirt
- 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.
- Hy was haar hemp terwyl hy saggies fluit.
- He is washing her shirt while he's whistling softly.
- 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.
Usage notesEdit
- Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.
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DescendantsEdit
- → Northern Sotho: hempe
- → Phuthi: ihhempe
- → Shona: hembe
- → Sotho: hempe
- → Southern Ndebele: irhembe
- → Tswana: hêmpê
- → Venda: hemmbe
- → Xhosa: ihempe
- → Zulu: ihembe
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hemp (uncountable)
- Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
- Hempen fibre or products made of it.
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.