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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ni/
- Rhymes: -ani
- Hyphenation: cà‧ni
Etymology 1
Noun
cani m
- plural of cane
Etymology 2
Adjective
cani
- masculine plural of cano
Anagrams
Kanakanabu
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
Numeral
cani
- one
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
canī
- present passive infinitive of canō
Noun
canī
- dative singular of canis
Old Irish
Etymology
From cía (“although, even if”) + ní (“not”).
Pronunciation
Particle
cani
- particle introducing a question that expects the answer “yes”
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2c4
Cain ro·noíbad Abracham tri hiris? In tree ǽm didiu fa nacc?- Hasn’t Abraham been sanctified through faith? Through it then indeed or not?
Derived terms
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cani”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 465, page 292; reprinted 2017
Romanian
Adverb
cani
- Obsolete form of cam.
References
- cani in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ni/
- Hyphenation: cà‧ni
Noun
cani m or f (plural cani)
- dog
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of canijo, used as a form of address.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkani/
- Rhymes: -ani
- Syllabification: ca‧ni
Noun
cani m (plural canis, feminine choni, feminine plural chonis)
- (colloquial, derogatory, Spain) chav, townie/towny (working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle)
- Synonym: poligonero
- Antonyms: pijo, cayetano
2013, “Llamando a las puertas del cielo”, performed by Nega:Y mientras el progre de izquierda panoli / Criminaliza al cani pero se pajea pensando en la choni- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Venetan
Noun
cani m pl
- plural of can
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
cani
- second-person singular future colloquial of canu
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.