lanna

Franco-Provençal

Noun

lanna (ORB, narrow)

  1. alternative form of lana (wool)

References

  • Stich, Dominique (2001) Francoprovençal: Proposition d'une orthographe supra-dialectale standardisée (Thesis)‎[1], University of Paris, page 587

Irish

Noun

lanna f pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of lann

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lanna f

  1. genitive singular of lann

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • landa, landia, lannia (Calabria) (dialectal; the ⟨d⟩ could derive from hypercorrection)

Etymology

From Late Latin lāmina, shortened variant of Latin lāmina. Cognate with Italian lama, French lame, Catalan llama, Spanish lámina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlan.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: làn‧na

Noun

lanna f (plural lanni)

  1. tin plate
  2. thin sheet of metal; lamina
  3. tin can

Derived terms

  • cosi di lanna
  • lannaru

Descendants

  • Italian: landa (see there for further descendants)
  • Maltese: landa

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 405: “la latta” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “lanna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2202
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “lanna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 8
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “lànna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 482