cana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cana"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin canna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.na]

Noun

cana f (plural canes)

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

Derived terms

• acanar
• trescanar

Related terms

• canya

Further reading

• “cana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

cana

1. Alternative spelling of canah

Fala

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin canna.

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. reed, cane
2. fishing rod

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. grey hair

References

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈkɑ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana

Noun

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

Derived terms

• cana de azucre
• cana de bafordos
• cana de pescar
• cana do óso
• canal
• canedo
• canela
• cano
• cañoto

 

Related terms

• canavela

Etymology 2

From Latin canus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanɐ]

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. white or gray hair

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cana m (genitive singular canann)

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

Declension

Declension of cana (irregular, no plural)

bare forms 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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cana

1. present subjunctive of can

Mutation

Mutated forms of cana

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cana	chana	gcana

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Clipping of canapa (“hemp”).

Noun

cana f (plural cane)

1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint

   Synonym: spinello

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

Anagrams

• ANCA, anca, naca

Latin

Adjective

cāna

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

Adjective

cānā

1. ablative feminine singular of cānus

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanə/

Noun

cana m

1. cub

   Synonym: cuilén

2. puppy

   Synonym: cuilén

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: cana
• Irish: cana

Mutation

Mutation of cana

radical	lenition	nasalization
cana	chana	cana pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• canna

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Descendants

• Galician: cana
• Portuguese: cana (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Adjective

cana

1. feminine of cano

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• canna (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Akkadian qanûmbor.

Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā)bor.

Latin canna

Old Galician-Portuguese cana

Portuguese cana

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

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
2. Ellipsis of cana-de-açúcar (“sugar cane”)
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

Derived terms

• aguardente de cana
• cana do leme
• cana-cheirosa
• cana-de-açúcar
• cana-de-frecha
• cana-do-reino
• cana-do-rio
• cana-ubá
• canada
• canaflecha
• canafrecha
• canazinha (diminutive)
• caniço
• caninha (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• canal
• caneta
• cano

 

Descendants

• → Old Tupi: kana
  • Nheengatu: kana

Etymology 2

Unknown, but compare Rioplatense Spanish cana.

Noun

cana f (plural canas) (Brazil, slang)

1. jail; prison

   Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, (Brazil, slang) xadrez

2. (uncountable) police; the heat

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:polícia

   • 1981, Fernando Pettinati, Antônio Camano, 0:35 from the start, in Feira da Fruta (VHS), spoken by Coringa (Fernando Pettinati), São Paulo, reddubing of He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul:

     A cana, filho dumas putas, como é que me descobriram aqui?!

     The heat, sonsabitches, how did they find me here?!

Noun

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:policial

   • 2008, Pacificadores (lyrics and music), “Eu Queria Mudar” (0:14 from the start) ft. Misael, Brasília:

     Eu queria mudar, eu queria mudar / O meu mundo me ensinou a ser assim / Fazer a correria e os cana vim^[sic] atrás de mim

     I wanted to change, I wanted to change. My world taught me to be like this, to do my hustle and the cops come after me.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

Noun

cana f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cană

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰanə/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Noun

cana m

1. puppy, whelp

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English can.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

1. can, tin

   Synonym: canastair

Mutation

Mutation of cana

radical	lenition
cana	chana

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

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈka.na]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ca‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. white or gray hair
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 166:

     Las canas se hacen más numerosas a medida que se les arranca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• canoso
• echar una cana al aire
• encanecer

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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 ... !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) jail, prison

Noun

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

Further reading

• “cana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• anca

Venetan

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

Derived terms

• canón (“tube, cannon”)
  • → Cimbrian: kanuun

Welsh

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːna/, /ˈkana/
• Rhymes: -ana

Verb

cana

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cana

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cana	gana	nghana	chana

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