cana

cana

1. Alternative spelling of canah

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠə/

From Old Irish cana.

cana m (genitive singular canann)

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

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

cana

1. present subjunctive of can

• "cana" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 cana”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.na/, [ˈkäːn̺ä]
• Hyphenation: cà‧na

Clipping of canapa (“hemp”).

cana f (plural cane)

1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint

   Synonym: spinello

See the etymology of the main entry.

cana

1. Feminine singular of adjective cano.

• anca, ANCA

cāna

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

cānā

1. ablative feminine singular of cānus

• 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

From Old Irish cano.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

cana m

1. cub

   Synonym: cuilén

2. puppy

   Synonym: cuilén

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Scottish Gaelic: cana
• Irish: cana

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 cana”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299

• canna (superseded)

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

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

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)

   Synonym: cana-de-açúcar

3. (botany) canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
4. cane (walking stick)

   Synonym: bengala

5. (Brazil, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)

   Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cachaça, canha (Rio Grande do Sul), pinga

• caninha, canazinha (diminutives)

Unknown.

cana f (plural canas)

1. (Brazil, slang) jail; prison

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

cana m, f (plural canas)

1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer

   Synonyms: polícia, policial, tira (slang)

• IPA^(key): /kʰanə/

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.

From Old Irish cana.

cana m

1. puppy, whelp

Borrowed from English can.

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

1. can, tin

   Synonym: canastair

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

cana f (plural canas)

1. white or gray hair

cana f (uncountable)

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

cana m or f (plural canas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

cana

1. Feminine singular of adjective cano.

• “cana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

cana f (plural cane)

1. tube
2. pipe

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

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

cana

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