kanna

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kanna (uncountable)

1. Channa (Mesembryanthemum tortuosum, syn. Sceletium tortuosum), a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
2. A Western Australian perennial herb (Platysace cirrosa)
3. river ganna (Caroxylon aphyllum), a shrub of South Africa.

• Kanan

From French canard.

kanna

1. duck

kanna

1. illative singular of kana

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).

kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)

1. can
2. 4 litre

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

1. To examine

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

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

kanna

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

• “kanna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): kan‧na

kanna

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

• ankan, kanan

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kanna/, [kən.na]

kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)

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

• 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”)

From French canard.

• IPA^(key): /kãna/

kanna

1. duck

From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).^[1]

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

kanna (plural kannák)

1. can, pot, kettle, jug

   Synonyms: kancsó, korsó, köcsög

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

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

From Old Norse kanna.

kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)

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

   Synonym: kaffikanna

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

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

1. to explore, to delve [with accusative]
2. to investigate, to look into [with accusative]

• kannast
• kannast við
• könnuður

kanna

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんな

• kannen

kanna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kanne

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

From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

kanna f (genitive kǫnnu, plural kǫnnur)

1. a can, tankard

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse kanna.

kanna c

2. a (large) vessel with a handle and spout; a jug, a pot
   2. a can (of various containers, like watering cans, milk cans (even when having no spout), and oil cans)
3. (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 liter (3 kannor) lingon tages [old-fashioned, now more likely används (“is used”) or the like] 4 liter (en och en halv kanna) vatten

   For 8 liters (3 jugs) of lingonberries, take 4 liters (one and a half jug) of water

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

   [old-fashioned language] Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till

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

• A pot as in a cooking vessel is a gryta or kastrull.
• A pot as in for example a flower pot is a kruka.

• gryta (“pot (cooking vessel)”)
• kruka (“pot (for example for growing a plant in)”)
• tillbringare (“pitcher, jug”)

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

• ankan, kanan, nakna