cana
Meaning
- (feminine) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) Ellipsis of cana-de-açúcar (“sugar cane”)
- (feminine) canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
- (feminine) fishing pole
- (feminine) cane; walking stick
- (Brazil, feminine, informal, metonymically) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)
Concepts
Synonyms
casa de detenção
percha
penalty
prisno
Translations
caña
canya
roseau
Rohr
arundo
riet
canna
kamış
καλάμιFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Akkadian qanûmbor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā)bor. Latin canna Old Galician-Portuguese cana Portuguese cana Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.
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