canú

See also: canu and cañu

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English canoe, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna)

  1. canoe

Declension

Declension of canú (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative canú canúnna
vocative a chanú a chanúnna
genitive canú canúnna
dative canú canúnna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an canú na canúnna
genitive an chanú na gcanúnna
dative leis an gcanú
don chanú 		leis na canúnna

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of canú
radical lenition eclipsis
canú chanú gcanú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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