カノア

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
独木船 (obsolete)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese canoa. Doublet of カヌー (kanū).

Pronunciation

Noun

カノア • (kanoa) 

  1. (Brazil) canoe
    • 1925 April 10, 伯剌西爾時報 (Burajiru Jihō) [News of Brazil]‎, number 391, page 2:
      カナダから獨木船(かのあ)で羅馬(ローマ)へ冒(ぼう)險(けん)渡(と)航(かう)を決(けつ)行(かう)したスミス中(ちゆう)尉(ゐ)
      Kanada kara kanoa de Rōma e bōken tokō o kekkō shita Sumisu-chūi
      Lt. Smith, who ventured to travel from Canada to Rome in a canoe
    • 1925 April 13, ベルナルド・ギマラエス [Bernardo Guimarães], “奴(ど)隷(れい)の娘(むすめ) [The Slave Girl]”, in 杉山帆影, transl., 伯剌西爾時報 (Burajiru Jihō) [News of Brazil], number 288, translation of A Escrava Isaura (in Portuguese), page 5:
      獨木船(かのあ)はミゲルの頑(ぐわん)丈(ぜう)な腕(うで)に巧(たく)みに漕(こ)がれて、
      Kanoa wa Migeru no ganjō na ude ni takumi ni kogarete,
      The canoe was propelled skilfully by Miguel's strong arms,
    • 2007 August 15, 坂口成夫, “アマゾンの動物――在住半世紀余の見聞から＝連載（１）＝獰猛なジャカレー・アッスー＝抱いている卵を騙し取る猿”, in ニッケイ新聞 [Nikkey Shimbun]‎:
      これは、カノアを漕(こ)いでいたインジオの後(あと)をつけていて、カノアをひっくり返(かえ)して食(く)ってやろうとしていたのである。
      Kore wa, kanoa o koideita injio no ato o tsuketeite, kanoa o hikkurikaeshite kutteyarō to shiteita no dearu.
      It had been trailing the canoe that the Indios were rowing, trying to overturn the canoe and eat them.
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