kanna
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
kanna (uncountable)
- Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
- Platysace cirrosa, a Western Australian perennial herb.
- Caroxylon aphyllum, a shrub.
AnagramsEdit
Antillean CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kanna
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
kanna
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse kanna, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, can”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps from Latin canne (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
NounEdit
kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kanna | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kanna | kannan | kannur | kannurnar |
accusative | kannu | kannuna | kannur | kannurnar |
dative | kannu | kannuni | kannum | kannunum |
genitive | kannu | kannunnar | kanna | kannanna |
VerbEdit
kanna (third person singular past indicative kannaði, third person plural past indicative kannað, supine kannað)
- To examine
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of kanna (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | kanna | |
supine | kannað | |
participle (a6)1 | kannandi | kannaður |
present | past | |
first singular | kanni | kannaði |
second singular | kannar | kannaði |
third singular | kannar | kannaði |
plural | kanna | kannaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | kanna! | |
plural | kannið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
FinnishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From translingual Canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kanna
- canna lily (any plant of the genus Canna)
- (in the plural) the genus Canna
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of kanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kanna | kannat | |
genitive | kannan | kannojen | |
partitive | kannaa | kannoja | |
illative | kannaan | kannoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kanna | kannat | |
accusative | nom. | kanna | kannat |
gen. | kannan | ||
genitive | kannan | kannojen kannainrare | |
partitive | kannaa | kannoja | |
inessive | kannassa | kannoissa | |
elative | kannasta | kannoista | |
illative | kannaan | kannoihin | |
adessive | kannalla | kannoilla | |
ablative | kannalta | kannoilta | |
allative | kannalle | kannoille | |
essive | kannana | kannoina | |
translative | kannaksi | kannoiksi | |
instructive | — | kannoin | |
abessive | kannatta | kannoitta | |
comitative | — | kannoineen |
Possessive forms of kanna (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kannani | kannamme |
2nd person | kannasi | kannanne |
3rd person | kannansa |
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
kanna
- present active indicative connegative of kantaa
- second-person singular present imperative of kantaa
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kantaa
AnagramsEdit
GreenlandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)
- down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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absolutive | kanna | kakku |
ergative | katuma | kakkua |
allative | katumunnga | kakkununnga |
ablative | katumannga | kakkunannga |
prosecutive | katumuuna | kakkunannga |
locative | katumani | kakkunani |
instrumental | katuminnga | kakkuninnga |
equative | katumatut | kakkunatut |
See alsoEdit
- manna (“this here”)
- una (“that nearby”)
- innga (“that yonder”)
- sanna (“that down a long distance”)
- pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
- panna (“that up a long distance”)
- qanna (“that in there/out there”)
- anna (“that in the north”)
- kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)
- inna (“that which is invisible”)
Haitian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kanna
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kanna (plural kannák)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kanna | kannák |
accusative | kannát | kannákat |
dative | kannának | kannáknak |
instrumental | kannával | kannákkal |
causal-final | kannáért | kannákért |
translative | kannává | kannákká |
terminative | kannáig | kannákig |
essive-formal | kannaként | kannákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kannában | kannákban |
superessive | kannán | kannákon |
adessive | kannánál | kannáknál |
illative | kannába | kannákba |
sublative | kannára | kannákra |
allative | kannához | kannákhoz |
elative | kannából | kannákból |
delative | kannáról | kannákról |
ablative | kannától | kannáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kannáé | kannáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kannáéi | kannákéi |
Possessive forms of kanna | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kannám | kannáim |
2nd person sing. | kannád | kannáid |
3rd person sing. | kannája | kannái |
1st person plural | kannánk | kannáink |
2nd person plural | kannátok | kannáitok |
3rd person plural | kannájuk | kannáik |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ kanna in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further readingEdit
- kanna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (pot): kaffikanna
Derived termsEdit
- hafa nóg á sinni könnu (“to have one's hands full”)
- hitakanna
- kaffikanna
- sósukanna
VerbEdit
kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to explore, to delve
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to investigate, to look into
ConjugationEdit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kanna | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kannað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kannandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kanna | við könnum | present (nútíð) |
ég kanni | við könnum |
þú kannar | þið kannið | þú kannir | þið kannið | ||
hann, hún, það kannar | þeir, þær, þau kanna | hann, hún, það kanni | þeir, þær, þau kanni | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kannaði | við könnuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég kannaði | við könnuðum |
þú kannaðir | þið könnuðuð | þú kannaðir | þið könnuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það kannaði | þeir, þær, þau könnuðu | hann, hún, það kannaði | þeir, þær, þau könnuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kanna (þú) | kannið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kannaðu | kanniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kannast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kannast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kannandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kannast | við könnumst | present (nútíð) |
ég kannist | við könnumst |
þú kannast | þið kannist | þú kannist | þið kannist | ||
hann, hún, það kannast | þeir, þær, þau kannast | hann, hún, það kannist | þeir, þær, þau kannist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kannaðist | við könnuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég kannaðist | við könnuðumst |
þú kannaðist | þið könnuðust | þú kannaðist | þið könnuðust | ||
hann, hún, það kannaðist | þeir, þær, þau könnuðust | hann, hún, það kannaðist | þeir, þær, þau könnuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kannast (þú) | kannist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kannastu | kannisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kannaður | könnuð | kannað | kannaðir | kannaðar | könnuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kannaðan | kannaða | kannað | kannaða | kannaðar | könnuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
könnuðum | kannaðri | könnuðu | könnuðum | könnuðum | könnuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kannaðs | kannaðrar | kannaðs | kannaðra | kannaðra | kannaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kannaði | kannaða | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu |
Derived termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
kanna
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
kanna m or f
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
kanna f (definite singular kanna, indefinite plural kanner or kannor, definite plural kannene or kannone)
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.
NounEdit
kanna f (genitive kǫnnu, plural kǫnnur)
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “kanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kanna c
- a pot, a jug - container for water, usually with handle
- töm vår kanna!
- (let's) empty our jugs! drink up!
- töm vår kanna!
- a historic measure for liquid volume, 2.617 litres (1/10 cubic foot, when the Swedish foot was 0.297 metres)
- Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.
- For 8 litres (3 jugs) of lingonberries take 4 litres (1 and 1 half jug) of water.
- Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.
- a piston (in the cylinder of an engine or pump)
- Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till
- If smoke emerges from the cylinder, the piston does not fit tight
- Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kanna | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kanna | kannan | kannor | kannorna |
Genitive | kannas | kannans | kannors | kannornas |