canú

See also: canu and cañu

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English canoe, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna)

1. canoe

Declension

Declension of canú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative canú canúnna vocative a chanú a chanúnna genitive canú canúnna dative canú canúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an canú na canúnna genitive an chanú na gcanúnna dative leis an gcanú don chanú leis na canúnna

Synonyms

• báidín

Mutation

Mutated forms of canú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canú	chanú	gcanú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.