kanna

English

Noun

kanna (uncountable)

1. Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
2. Platysace cirrosa, a Western Australian perennial herb.
3. Caroxylon aphyllum, a shrub.

Anagrams

• Kanan

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French canard.

Noun

kanna

1. duck

Estonian

Noun

kanna

1. illative singular of kana

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, can”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps from Latin canne (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)

1. can
2. 4 litre

Declension

Verb

kanna (third person singular past indicative kannaði, third person plural past indicative kannað, supine kannað)

1. To examine

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧na

Noun

kanna

1. canna lily (any plant of the genus Canna)
2. (in the plural) the genus Canna

Declension

Further reading

• “kanna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧na

Verb

kanna

1. inflection of kantaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• ankan, kanan

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanːa/

Pronoun

kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)

1. down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.

Declension

See also

• manna (“this here”)
• una (“that nearby”)
• innga (“that yonder”)
• sanna (“that down a long distance”)
• pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
• panna (“that up a long distance”)
• qanna (“that in there/out there”)
• anna (“that in the north”)
• kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)
• inna (“that which is invisible”)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French canard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kãna/

Noun

kanna

1. duck

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kan‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

kanna (plural kannák)

1. can, pot, kettle, jug

   Synonyms: kancsó, korsó, köcsög

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• kanna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Noun

kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)

1. jug, a pitcher
2. (of coffee) a pot

Declension

Synonyms

• (pot): kaffikanna

Derived terms

• hafa nóg á sinni könnu (“to have one's hands full”)
• hitakanna
• kaffikanna
• sósukanna

Verb

kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to explore, to delve
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to investigate, to look into

Conjugation

Derived terms

• kannast
• kannast við
• könnuður

Japanese

Romanization

kanna

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんな

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kannen

Noun

kanna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kanne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kanna f (definite singular kanna, indefinite plural kanner or kannor, definite plural kannene or kannone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kanne
2. definite singular of kanne

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

Noun

kanna f (genitive kǫnnu, plural kǫnnur)

1. a can, tankard

Declension

Descendants

References

• “kanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna.

Noun

kanna c

1. a pot, a jug - container for water, usually with handle

   töm vår kanna!

   (let's) empty our jugs! drink up!

2. (historical) an old Scandinavian unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 2.617 litres (1/10 cubic foot, when the Swedish foot was 0.297 metres)

   Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.

   For 8 litres (3 jugs) of lingonberries take 4 litres (1 and 1 half jug) of water.

3. a piston (in the cylinder of an engine or pump)

   Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till

   If smoke emerges from the cylinder, the piston does not fit tight

Declension

Derived terms

• kaffekanna
• tekanna
• vattenkanna

Further reading

• kanna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kanna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ankan, kanan, nakna