kana

Borrowed from Japanese 仮 (か)名 (な) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

kana (plural kana or kanas)

1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
2. A hiragana or katakana character.

• furigana
• hiragana
• katakana
• manyogana

• Akan, knaa

kana

1. fish

Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh canu, Irish canadh).

kana

1. to sing

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

• ekkana

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognate to Finnish kana, Livonian kanā, Votic kana, Veps kana, Old Norse hani, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana), Swedish hane.

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. hen

• kanamuna

• kukk

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

kana

1. to eat (consume)

kana

1. meal

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From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Estonian kana, English hen.

kana

1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)
2. hen (female chicken)
3. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)
4. (taxonomy) gallinaceous (when used as modifier in some compound terms)

   kanalintu ― gallinaceous bird

5. (derogatory) hen (unintelligent, talkative woman)
6. (archaic) woman, sweetheart
   • 1835, Elias Lönnrot, Kalevala:

     Sanoi Pohjolan emäntä, itse lausui, noin nimesi:/ Kummallenp' on mielit mennä, kun tulevat tahtomahan/ ikuiseksi ystäväksi, kainaloiseksi kanaksi?

     Said the mistress of Pohjola, stated herself, thus worded:/ To which one do you want to go, when they come to woo you/ to be their eternal friend, a chicken under their arm?

The word kana usually refers to a mature bird. The Finnish translation for "chicken" in the sense "young hen" is kananpoika or broileri.

• (meat): broileri
• (woman): vaimo (archaic), nainen

• kanala
• kananen
• kanan muisti
• kuin päätön kana

• kaakattaa
• kotkottaa
• kynä (“feather”)

From Japanese

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

• -kaan, akan

kana

1. hen

kana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かな

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

kana

1. four

kana

1. hen

• IPA^(key): /kana/

kana

1. or, whether

• “kana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 206. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Borrowed from German Kanne, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana f (diminutive kanka)

1. jug, pot (e.g. for coffee or tea)

From Hindi खाना (khānā)

kana

1. food

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Portuguese caminhar and Spanish caminar and Kabuverdianu kaminha.

kana

1. to walk
2. to go

kana m (uncountable)

1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

kana

1. when

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish kına), from Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ḥinnāʾ).

• IPA^(key): /kâna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏на)

1. henna (clarification of this definition is needed)

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名 (kana).

• IPA^(key): /kǎna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kàna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на)

1. kana

-kana (infinitive kukana)

1. to deny, to reject, to say no

kana c

1. slide (mostly as a toy)

• iskana
• rutschkana

kana (present kanar, preterite kanade, supine kanat, imperative kana)

1. to slide (mostly of people or vehicles, relating to icy ground)

• glida

kana

1. dative singular of kan

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô.

kana

1. chicken

• haudoikana
• meckana
• kanankoda
• kananpoigaine
• kananpu

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “курица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Estonian kana.

• IPA^(key): /kɑnɑ/

kana (genitive kana, partitive kanna)

1. chicken

kana

1. digging stick