kæna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kǿna, kani, from Proto-Germanic *kōnjǭ, a variant of *kanô (“boat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰaiːna/
    Rhymes: -aiːna

Noun

kæna f (genitive singular kænu, nominative plural kænur)

  1. a small boat
  2. a trough used to shovel water out of a boat
  3. a similar tool used to scoop water out of a well

Declension

Declension of kæna (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kæna kænan kænur kænurnar
accusative kænu kænuna kænur kænurnar
dative kænu kænunni kænum kænunum
genitive kænu kænunnar kæna kænanna

Derived terms

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kannon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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