kana

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).

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

kana (plural kana or kanas)

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

• Akan, knaa, naka

kana

1. fish

• IPA^(key): /kana/

kana (Bengali script কানা)

1. blind person

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

kana

1. Romanization of ᬓᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬓᬦᬵ

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

kana

1. I

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

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-.

kana

1. to sing

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

• ekkana

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kanout

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

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

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. (specifically) hen

• kukk

• kana in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN

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

kana

1. to eat (consume)

kana

1. meal

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧na

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

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

   • 1835, Elias Lönnrot, Kalevala:

     Sanoi Pohjolan emäntä, itse lausui, noin nimesi:/ Kummallenp' on mielit mennä, kun tulevat tahtomahan/ ikuiseksi ystäväksi, kainaloiseksi kanaksi?

     Said the mistress of Pohjola, stated herself, thus worded:/ To which one do you want to go, when they come to woo you/ to be their eternal friend, a chicken under their arm?

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

• kaakattaa
• kotkottaa
• kynä (“feather”)

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana).

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

• -kaan, akan

kana m (plural kanas)

1. kana

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

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

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

kana

1. hen
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Kana, ka-ka-ka, na, mama, kana.

     A hen, cluck cluck cluck, here, mommy, a hen.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Kana kaakatta. Sika röhkää.

     A hen cackles. A pig oinks.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 80:

     Kanan äänee jooksi pertist Darja-ämmä.

     Granny Darja ran out of the cottage towards the sound of the hen.

• kukko

• (diminutive) kanain

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, 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, →ISBN, page 79

kana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かな

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

kana

1. four

• cana (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

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

kana or kanâ

1. put

From ka +‎ na.

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

kana

1. expression to indicate a uncertainty or doubt; I wonder

   Makabalu kana?

   I wonder if you already know?

   Manisip kana?

   I wonder if you're thinking something?

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

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

kana (genitive kanan, partitive kanua)

1. hen

• 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

• IPA^(key): /kana/

kana

1. or, whether

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

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana f (diminutive kanka)

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

• 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

From Proto-Finnic *kana.

kana

1. chicken

• Miikul Pahomov (2016), “kana”, in Учебный словарь литературного людиковского языка

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ, semi-transitive akkana)

1. (transitive) to say

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ)

1. word

• IPA^(key): [kana]

kana

1. a kind of fish (Amazon brycon, Brycon amazonicus)

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “kana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “kana:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume 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

From Hindi खाना (khānā).

kana

1. food

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

Unknown

kana

1. there
2. then

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

kana

1. bracelet

• → Balinese: ᬓᬦ (kana, “bracelet”)

From Portuguese caminhar and Spanish caminar and Kabuverdianu kaminha.

kana

1. to walk
2. to go

kana m (uncountable)

1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

kana

1. salt

• 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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Inherited from Sanskrit कदा (kadā).

kana

1. when

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

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

kȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏на)

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

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名 (kana).

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

kàna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на)

1. kana

• Audio (Kenya)

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-kana (infinitive kukana)

1. to deny, to reject, to say no

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kana c

1. slide (mostly as a toy)

• iskana
• rutschkana

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

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

• glida

• anka

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

kanâ

1. deception; falsity
2. action or work

   Synonym: gawa

   Nakana na ang wika ko

   My word has been done

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

   Walang kapapakanan

   No purpose

   Synonyms: akma, lapat, kabit

4. (obsolete) imposition of a penalty or payment

   Kanan mo ng dusa ang talampasan

   Impose suffering to the wicked

5. Alternative form of amerikana

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

kaná

1. Alternative form of kina

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

kanà

1. (obsolete) first instance of a woman's first menstruation

   Synonyms: abot-tubo, unang dating

   May kana na itong bata

   The child already had her (first) menstruation

kana

1. dative singular of kan

kana

1. or
2. nor

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

kana

1. chicken

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑnɑ/

kana (genitive kana, partitive kanna)

1. chicken

From Proto-Finnic *kana.

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

kana

1. hen, chicken

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɐna]

kana

1. digging stick