kanuun

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetian canón (“cannon, tube”), from cana (“cane, tube, pipe”) + -ón (augmentative suffix); compare Italian cannone.

Noun

kanuun m (plural kanüune) (Sette Comuni)

1. tube, pipe
2. cannon

Further reading

• “kanuun” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo