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cana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cana"

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin canna.

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Noun

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cana f (plural canes)

  1. Archaic form of canya.
  2. (historical) unit of length of eight pams (“handspans”); ~1.60m

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Classical Nahuatl

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Adverb

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cana

  1. Alternative spelling of canah

Fala

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkana/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: ca‧na

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin canna.

Noun

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cana f (plural canas)

  1. reed, cane
  2. fishing rod

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna

Noun

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cana f (plural canas)

  1. grey hair

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  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

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    Noun

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    cana f (plural canas)

    1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
      1. the stem of such plants
      2. (botany) giant reed (Arundo donax)
      3. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
        Synonym: cana de azucre
      4. fishing rod
        Synonym: cana de pescar
      5. a slender twig
        Synonym: cimbra
      6. (nautical) tiller
      7. shaft
      8. shaft of a boot
      9. long bone and its bone marrow
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    Etymology 2

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    From Latin canus.

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    Noun

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    cana f (plural canas)

    1. white or gray hair

    Adjective

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    cana

    1. feminine singular of cano

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    Irish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

    Noun

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    cana m (genitive singular canann)

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

    Irregular

    Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

    Case Singular
    Nominative cana
    Vocative a chana
    Genitive canann
    Dative cana

    Forms with the definite article

    Case Singular
    Nominative an cana
    Genitive an chanann
    Dative leis an gcana

    don chana

    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    cana

    1. present subjunctive of can

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    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.

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    Italian

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈka.na/
    • Rhymes: -ana
    • Hyphenation: cà‧na

    Etymology 1

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    Clipping of canapa (“hemp”).

    Noun

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    cana f (plural cane)

    1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint
      Synonym: spinello

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Adjective

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    cana

    1. feminine singular of cano

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    Latin

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    Adjective

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    cāna

    1. inflection of cānus:
      1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
      2. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter plural

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    cānā

    1. ablative feminine singular of cānus

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    • cana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “cana”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman 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

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

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    Noun

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    cana m

    1. cub
      Synonym: cuilén
    2. puppy
      Synonym: cuilén

    Inflection

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    Descendants

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    • Scottish Gaelic: cana
    • Irish: cana

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    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.

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    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

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      cana f (plural canas)

      1. cane; reed
      2. twig
        • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 194:
          outros que nõ an boca senõ tã estreyta [como] hũa cana de avelão
          and others that almost have no mouth, but one so narrow as a hazel twig
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      Etymology 2

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      Adjective

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      cana

      1. feminine of cano

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology 1

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        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

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        cana f (plural canas)

        1. cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
        2. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
          Synonym: cana-de-açúcar
        3. canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
        4. fishing pole
          Synonym: cana de pesca
        5. cane (walking stick)
          Synonym: bengala
        6. (Brazil, metonymically, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)
          Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cachaça, (Rio Grande do Sul) canha, pinga
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        Etymology 2

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        Unknown, but compare Rioplatense Spanish cana.

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        cana f (plural canas)

        1. (Brazil, slang) jail; prison
          Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, (Brazil, slang) xadrez

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        cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

        1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer
          Synonyms: polícia, policial, (slang) tira

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        cana f

        1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cană

        Scottish Gaelic

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        Etymology 1

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        According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (“puppy”) by transference.

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        cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

        1. killer whale, orca, grampus
          Synonym: mada-chuain
        2. porpoise
          Synonyms: pèileag, puthag
        3. sturgeon
          Synonyms: bradan-sligeach, bradan-cearr
        4. Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.

        Etymology 2

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        From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

        Noun

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        cana m

        1. puppy, whelp

        Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from English can.

        Noun

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        cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

        1. can, tin
          Synonym: canastair

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

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        • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cana”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page cana

        Spanish

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈka.na]
        • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
        • Rhymes: -ana
        • Syllabification: ca‧na

        Etymology 1

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

        Noun

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        cana f (plural canas)

        1. white or gray hair
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        Etymology 2

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        Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], a slang term for police.[1][2][3]

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        cana f (uncountable)

        1. (Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department
          • 1972, Osvaldo Guglielmino, Las leguas amargas:
            Que nos callásemos, que va a mandar a la policía.
            -¡La policía no ! -dice Azucena- ¡ Rajemos chicas , que viene la cana ... !
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        2. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) jail, prison

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        cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

        1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

        Etymology 3

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Adjective

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        cana

        1. feminine singular of cano

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        References

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        1. ^ Lipski, John (1994): Latin American Spanish, p. 176
        2. ^ Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment (2018)
        3. ^ While the City Sleeps: A History of Pistoleros, Policemen, and the Crime Beat in Buenos Aires Before Perón, p. 117

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        Venetan

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        Etymology

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

        Noun

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        cana f (plural cane)

        1. tube
        2. pipe

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        Welsh

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        Alternative forms

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

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        Verb

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        cana

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

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        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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