cana

See also: Cana, canâ, canã, cană, caña, cána, and c'aŋa

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanˠə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cana.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular canann)

  1. cub, whelp
  2. bardic poet of the fourth order

Declension

Synonyms

  • (young animal): coileán, samhairle
  • (poet): clí (“second-order bard”), ánradh (“third-order bard”)

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

cana

  1. present subjunctive of can

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cana chana gcana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 cana” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "cana" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.na/, [ˈkäːn̺ä]
  • Stress: càna
  • Hyphenation: ca‧na

Etymology 1

Clipping of canapa.

Noun

cana f (plural cane)

  1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Adjective

cana

  1. feminine singular of cano

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

cāna

  1. nominative feminine singular of cānus
  2. vocative feminine singular of cānus
  3. nominative neuter plural of cānus
  4. vocative neuter plural of cānus
  5. accusative neuter plural of cānus

cānā

  1. ablative feminine singular of cānus

References

  • cana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cana in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • cana in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkana/

Noun

cana m

  1. cub
  2. puppy

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cana chana cana
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 cana” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ.na/, /ˈkɐ.nɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ.nɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

  1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
  2. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
  3. (botany) canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
  4. cane (walking stick)
  5. (Brazil, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • caninha, canazinha (diminutives)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) jail; prison
Synonyms

Noun

cana m, f (plural canas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer
Synonyms

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰanə/

Etymology 1

Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

  1. killer whale, orca, grampus
  2. porpoise
  3. sturgeon
  4. Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cana.

Noun

cana m

  1. puppy, whelp

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English can.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

  1. can, tin
Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cāna, feminine of cānus (“hoary”), or derived from the feminine of Spanish cano. Compare Portuguese cã.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkana/

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

  1. white or gray hair

Noun

cana f (uncountable)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department
  2. (Argentina, Uruguay) jail, prison

Noun

cana m, f (plural canas)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

Adjective

cana

  1. feminine singular of cano

Further reading

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

cana f (plural cane)

  1. tube
  2. pipe

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cân (literary, third-person singular present/future; literary, second-person singular imperative)
  • canaf (first-person singular future)

Pronunciation

Verb

cana

  1. inflection of canu:
    1. (colloquial) first-person singular future
    2. (literary) third-person singular present indicative / future
    3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cana gana nghana chana
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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