canapa

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Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

canapa

  1. Alternative spelling of canahpa

Italian

una pianta di canapa – a hemp plant

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of the borrowing cannabis. Compare Sicilian cànnavu and English canvas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.na.pa/
  • Rhymes: -anapa
  • Hyphenation: cà‧na‧pa

Noun

canapa f (plural canape)

  1. (uncountable) hemp (Cannabis sativa)
  2. a hemp plant
  3. (collective) the fibers of the hemp plant
  4. a fabric made from the hemp fibers

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • canapa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

canapa f (genitive canapae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. hemp

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative canapa canapae
genitive canapae canapārum
dative canapae canapīs
accusative canapam canapās
ablative canapā canapīs
vocative canapa canapae

Descendants

References

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