canna

See also: Canna

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkænə/

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• Rhymes: -ænə

Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon, canal, and channel. Doublet of cane and kaneh.

Noun

canna (plural cannas)

1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

   Synonym: canna lily

   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

tropical plant of the genus Canna

Further reading

• Canna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots cannae.

Contraction

canna

1. (Scotland, Cumbria, Jamaica) Contraction of can not: cannot.
   • 1966, “The Naked Time”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Scotty (James Doohan):

     I canna' change the laws of physics.

Translations

cannot — see cannot

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane and kaneh.

Noun

canna (plural cannas)

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

Etymology 4

Clipping of cannabis.

Noun

canna (uncountable)

1. (slang, in combination) Clipping of cannabis.
   • 2022 April 20, Brianna Wheeler, “The Five Best Cannabis Accessories Created by Local Femme-Identifying Artisans”, in Willamette Week, volume 48, number 24, Portland, OR: City of Roses Media Company, page 17:

     No high holiday is complete without an appropriate spread of canna-accessories—and we’re talking about more than just a glasstastic collection of pipes and bowls.

Derived terms

• cannamom

 

Anagrams

• Canan

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: cannas, cannât

Verb

canna

1. third-person singular past historic of canner

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan̪ˠə/

Noun

canna m (genitive singular canna, nominative plural cannaí)

1. can

Declension

Declension of canna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative canna cannaí vocative a channa a channaí genitive canna cannaí dative canna cannaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an canna na cannaí genitive an channa na gcannaí dative leis an gcanna don channa leis na cannaí

Derived terms

• ar na cannaí
• canna adhmaid
• canna bainne
• canna bealaithe
• canna breosla
• canna cláir
• canna ola
• canna spraeála
• canna spréite
• canna stáin
• canna tae
• canna uisce

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of canna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canna	channa	gcanna

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “canna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: càn‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

Noun

canna f (plural canne)

1. cane
2. barrel (of a gun)

   canna cilindrica ― cylindrical barrel

3. (fishing) rod

   canna da pesca ― fishing rod

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

   canne dell'organo ― organ pipes

5. chute
6. (slang) joint

   Synonym: spinello

7. (historical) traditional unit of measure

Derived terms

• canna da pesca (“fishing rod”)
• canna fumaria (“flue, chimney”)
• canna metrica (“measuring rod”)
• cannone

 

Related terms

• cannaio
• cannareccione
• cannata
• cannella
• cannello
• canneto
• cannista
• cannolo
• cannone
• cannuccia
• monocanna
• multicanna
• pluricanna
• scannare
• tracannare

 

Descendants

• → English: canna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

canna

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

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• cyaan

Etymology

From English cannot or Scots cannae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanə/
• Hyphenation: ca‧nna

Verb

canna

1. (rare) Alternative form of cyaan.

   Nobody canna cross it.

   Nobody can cross it.

   (literally, “Nobody cannot cross it.”)

   • 2013, Axel Bohmann, “Nobody canna cross it: An interactional perspective on discourse in motion”, in The University of Texas at Austin, Department of English‎^[2] (in English), page 4:

     “Cues on various levels of linguistic description suggested that he was attempting to speak ‘proper English’ for the camera while at the same time clearly lacking the linguistic competence to do so. The interview with Brown became famous when Jamaican DJ Kevin Hamilton (’DJ Powa’) remixed samples from it over an electronic beat and published the result on the video-sharing website Youtube.^[sic] The music video went viral and sparked a wave of subsequent interviews, parodies and meta-linguistic commentary. The title of the song – “Nobody canna cross it” – has become emblematic of this entire phenomenon. […] ”

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”). Compare Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā) or ܩܲܢܝܵܐ (qanyā) and Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܝܳܐ (qanyo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]

Noun

canna f (genitive cannae); first declension

1. A reed, cane.

   Synonyms: calamus, harundō

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

   Synonyms: harundō, tībia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	canna	cannae
genitive	cannae	cannārum
dative	cannae	cannīs
accusative	cannam	cannās
ablative	cannā	cannīs
vocative	canna	cannae

Derived terms

• canālis
• cannamella
• cannētum
• canneus
• cannula

 

Related terms

• canālicula
• canāliculātus
• canāliculus
• canāliēnsis

 

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic
  • Romagnol: câna
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: canna
    • → English: canna
  • Sicilian: canna
• Old French: cane
  • French: canne
  • Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
  • → Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanne
    • English: cane
    • Scots: cane
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: canya
  • Occitan: cana
• Venetan: cana
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: caña
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cana, canna
    • Galician: cana
    • Portuguese: cana (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: canna
    • Spanish: caña
• → Albanian: kanë
• → English: canna

References

• “canna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “canna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “canna”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
• canna in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Portuguese

Noun

canna f (plural cannas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cana.

Scots

Etymology

can +‎ -na

Verb

canna

1. Orkney form of cannae (“cannot”)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

canna f (plural canni)

1. reed, stick, rattan; a cane, rod, instrument, or other item made out of such material
2. barrel (as of a gun or cannon)
3. tube, pipe (as on a pump organ or a trachea)

   canna d'organu ― organ pipe

Derived terms

• cannolu, cannoli
• cannuolu, cannuoli

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English can + na (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɔː/

Contraction

canna

1. can not
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 7-9:

     and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.

     and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 5:

     Wu canna baar to gow aveel,

     We cannot bear to go abroad,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 13:

     Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,

     We cannot go to the chapel gate