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kana akna knaa nkaa anka naka kaan akan kaan akan aakn aakn knaa nkaa kana akna naka anka anak naak aank aank naak anak

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Definitions and meaning of kana

kana

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

kana (plural kana or kanas)

1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
2. A hiragana or katakana character.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Akan, knaa, naka

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

Noun

kana

1. fish

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kana/

Noun

kana (Bengali script কানা)

1. blind person

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Romanization

kana

1. Romanization of ᬓᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬓᬦᬵ

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

Pronoun

kana

1. I

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton canaff, from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) (compare Irish canadh), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Verb

kana

1. to sing

Mutation

Chuukese

Determiner

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

Related terms

• ekkana

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

Verb

kana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kanout

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Finnish kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ

Noun

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. (specifically) hen

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kukk

References

• “kana”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kani, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kana

1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kana

1. meal

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧na

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kana, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Estonian kana, English hen.

Noun

kana

1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)

   Synonyms: kaakattaja, munija, (collective) siipikarja

   kanalintu ― gallinaceous bird

   1. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)

      Synonym: kananliha

2. hen (female chicken)
3. hen (female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl)
4. (derogatory) An unintelligent, talkative woman.

   Synonym: kanamainen nainen

5. (archaic) woman, sweetheart

   Synonyms: (archaic) kulta, rakastajatar, vaimo, nainen

Usage notes

The word kana usually refers to a mature bird. The Finnish translation for "chicken" in the sense "young hen" is kananpoika or broileri.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• kaakattaa
• kotkottaa
• kynä (“feather”)

References

Further reading

• “kana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana).

Noun

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Swedish kana.

Noun

kana (dialectal)

1. Synonym of kokka (“bow of a boat”)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -kaan, akan

French

Pronunciation

Noun

kana m (plural kanas)

1. kana

Further reading

• “kana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kana

1. hen

Declension

Coordinate terms

• kukko (“rooster”)

Derived terms

• (diminutive) kanain

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 79

Japanese

Romanization

kana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かな

Kamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

kana

1. four

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• cana (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈna/, [kəˈnä]

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnaʔ/, [kəˈnäʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Determiner

kana or kanâ

1. put; to place

   Synonym: lage

2. to leave something somewhere

   Synonym: maglakuwan

Etymology 2

From ka +‎ na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈna/, [kəˈnä]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Adverb

kana

1. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; I wonder; maybe

See also

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kana (genitive kanan, partitive kanua)

1. hen

Declension

Derived terms

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kana”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “курица”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kana/

Conjunction

kana

1. or, whether

References

• “kana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 206. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kanne, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

Noun

kana f inan (diminutive kanka)

1. jug, pot (e.g. for coffee or tea)

Declension

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kana”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kana”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Veps kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kana

1. chicken

Declension

References

• Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 105
• M. Pahomov (2022) “kana”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[5], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 61

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

Verb

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ, semi-transitive akkana)

1. (transitive) to say

Noun

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ)

1. word

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi खाना (khānā).

Noun

kana

1. food

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

Unknown

Adverb

kana

1. there
2. then

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇa, “bracelet”).

Noun

kana

1. bracelet

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬓᬦ (kana, “bracelet”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese caminhar and Spanish caminar and Kabuverdianu kaminha.

Verb

kana

1. to walk
2. to go

Portuguese

Noun

kana m (uncountable)

1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

Rayón Zoque

Noun

kana

1. salt

Derived terms

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[6] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कदा (kadā).

Adverb

kana

1. when

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قنا (kına), from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏на)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名 (kana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎna/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kàna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на)

1. kana

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-kana (infinitive kukana)

1. to deny, to reject, to say no, to decline, to negate, to disown

Conjugation

Swedish

Etymology

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Noun

kana c

1. slide (mostly as a toy)

Declension

Related terms

• iskana
• rutschkana

Verb

kana (present kanar, preterite kanade, supine kanat, imperative kana)

1. to slide (mostly of people or vehicles, relating to icy ground)

Conjugation

See also

• glida

Anagrams

• anka

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/, [kɐˈnaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. deception; falsity
2. action or work

   Synonym: gawa

3. application; actualization; appropriation; usage for some purpose

   Synonyms: akma, lapat, kabit

   walang kapapakanan ― no purpose

4. (obsolete) imposition of a penalty or payment

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/, [kɐˈnaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of amerikana.

Related terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈna/, [kɐˈna]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Preposition

kaná (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. Alternative form of kina

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanaʔ/, [ˈka.nɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ) (obsolete)

1. menarche; a woman's first menstruation

   Synonyms: abot-tubo, unang dating

Further reading

• “kana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tooro

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kána/

Adverb

kana

1. four times

Synonyms

• enyakana
• emirundi ena

Turkish

Noun

kana

1. dative singular of kan

Venda

Conjunction

kana

1. or
2. nor

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô.

Noun

kana

1. chicken

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “курица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑnɑ/

Noun

kana (genitive kana, partitive kanna)

1. chicken

Inflection

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kana

1. hen, chicken

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Warlpiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɐna]

Noun

kana

1. digging stick

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kana]

Noun

kana

1. Amazon brycon, a fish of species Brycon amazonicus

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[8], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “kana:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 36

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