Translingual

Proper noun

Canna f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cannaceae – the canna lilies.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkanə/
• Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

canna ‎(plural cannas)

1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 7:

     A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.

   • 2007 January 18, Anne Raver, “Is It Spring? Winter? What’s a Flower to Think?”, in New York Times:

     Still, some of Mr. Cooper’s tender salvias are wintering over, and he plans to leave a few clumps of cannas in the ground next fall.

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Scots [Term?].

Verb

canna

1. (Scotland, Jamaica) Contraction of can not; cannot.
   • 1966 -- Star Trek: The Naked Time (wikiquote)

     Scotty: I canna' change the laws of physics.

Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Italian [Term?].

Noun

canna ‎(plural cannas)

1. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cannas, cannât

Verb

canna

1. third-person singular past historic of canner

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cann, canna ‎(“can, vessel”), a borrowing from Old English canne.

Noun

canna m ‎(genitive singular canna, nominative plural cannaí)

1. can

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "canna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkän̺n̺ä]
• Hyphenation: càn‧na

Noun

canna f ‎(plural canne)

1. cane
2. barrel (of a gun)

   canna cilidrica‎ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. rod (fishing)

   canna da pesca‎ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. tube, pipe (on a pump organ or a trachea)

   canne dell'organo‎ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. chute
6. (slang) joint

Synonyms

• (joint): spinello

Related terms

Verb

canna

1. third-person singular present indicative of cannare
2. second-person singular imperative of cannare

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κάννα ‎(kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 ‎(qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 ‎(gi.na).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/

Noun

canna f ‎(genitive cannae); first declension

1. A reed, cane.
2. (by extension) Anything made of reed or cane; reed-pipe, flute; gondola; windpipe.

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (flute): harundō, tībia
• (reed, cane): calamus, harundō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• canna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

canna f (plural cannas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cana