kanna
English
Noun
kanna (uncountable)
- Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
- Platysace cirrosa, a Western Australian perennial herb.
- Caroxylon aphyllum, a shrub.
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse kanna, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, can”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps from Latin canne (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Declension
Declension of kanna | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kanna | kannan | kannur | kannurnar |
accusative | kannu | kannuna | kannur | kannurnar |
dative | kannu | kannuni | kannum | kannunum |
genitive | kannu | kannunnar | kanna | kannanna |
Verb
kanna (third person singular past indicative kannaði, third person plural past indicative kannað, supine kannað)
- To examine
Conjugation
Conjugation of kanna (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | kanna | |
supine | kannað | |
participle (a6)1 | kannandi | kannaður |
present | past | |
first singular | kanni | kannaði |
second singular | kannar | kannaði |
third singular | kannar | kannaði |
plural | kanna | kannaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | kanna! | |
plural | kannið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Finnish
Etymology 1
From translingual Canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
- Syllabification(key): kan‧na
Declension
Inflection of kanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kanna | kannat | ||
genitive | kannan | kannojen | ||
partitive | kannaa | kannoja | ||
illative | kannaan | kannoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kanna | kannat | ||
accusative | nom. | kanna | kannat | |
gen. | kannan | |||
genitive | kannan | kannojen kannainrare | ||
partitive | kannaa | kannoja | ||
inessive | kannassa | kannoissa | ||
elative | kannasta | kannoista | ||
illative | kannaan | kannoihin | ||
adessive | kannalla | kannoilla | ||
ablative | kannalta | kannoilta | ||
allative | kannalle | kannoille | ||
essive | kannana | kannoina | ||
translative | kannaksi | kannoiksi | ||
abessive | kannatta | kannoitta | ||
instructive | — | kannoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
- “kanna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
- Syllabification(key): kan‧na
Verb
kanna
- inflection of kantaa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanːa/
Pronoun
kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)
- down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.
Declension
See also
- manna (“this here”)
- una (“that nearby”)
- innga (“that yonder”)
- sanna (“that down a long distance”)
- pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
- panna (“that up a long distance”)
- qanna (“that in there/out there”)
- anna (“that in the north”)
- kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)
- inna (“that which is invisible”)
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒnːɒ]
- Hyphenation: kan‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kanna | kannák |
accusative | kannát | kannákat |
dative | kannának | kannáknak |
instrumental | kannával | kannákkal |
causal-final | kannáért | kannákért |
translative | kannává | kannákká |
terminative | kannáig | kannákig |
essive-formal | kannaként | kannákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | kannában | kannákban |
superessive | kannán | kannákon |
adessive | kannánál | kannáknál |
illative | kannába | kannákba |
sublative | kannára | kannákra |
allative | kannához | kannákhoz |
elative | kannából | kannákból |
delative | kannáról | kannákról |
ablative | kannától | kannáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
kannáé | kannáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
kannáéi | kannákéi |
Possessive forms of kanna | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | kannám | kannáim |
2nd person sing. | kannád | kannáid |
3rd person sing. | kannája | kannái |
1st person plural | kannánk | kannáink |
2nd person plural | kannátok | kannáitok |
3rd person plural | kannájuk | kannáik |
References
- kanna in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- kanna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰanːa/
- Rhymes: -anːa
Declension
Synonyms
- (pot): kaffikanna
Derived terms
- hafa nóg á sinni könnu (“to have one's hands full”)
- hitakanna
- kaffikanna
- sósukanna
Verb
kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to explore, to delve
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to investigate, to look into
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kanna | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kannað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kannandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kanna | við könnum | present (nútíð) |
ég kanni | við könnum |
þú kannar | þið kannið | þú kannir | þið kannið | ||
hann, hún, það kannar | þeir, þær, þau kanna | hann, hún, það kanni | þeir, þær, þau kanni | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kannaði | við könnuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég kannaði | við könnuðum |
þú kannaðir | þið könnuðuð | þú kannaðir | þið könnuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það kannaði | þeir, þær, þau könnuðu | hann, hún, það kannaði | þeir, þær, þau könnuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kanna (þú) | kannið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kannaðu | kanniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að kannast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
kannast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
kannandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég kannast | við könnumst | present (nútíð) |
ég kannist | við könnumst |
þú kannast | þið kannist | þú kannist | þið kannist | ||
hann, hún, það kannast | þeir, þær, þau kannast | hann, hún, það kannist | þeir, þær, þau kannist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég kannaðist | við könnuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég kannaðist | við könnuðumst |
þú kannaðist | þið könnuðust | þú kannaðist | þið könnuðust | ||
hann, hún, það kannaðist | þeir, þær, þau könnuðust | hann, hún, það kannaðist | þeir, þær, þau könnuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
kannast (þú) | kannist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
kannastu | kannisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kannaður | könnuð | kannað | kannaðir | kannaðar | könnuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kannaðan | kannaða | kannað | kannaða | kannaðar | könnuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
könnuðum | kannaðri | könnuðu | könnuðum | könnuðum | könnuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kannaðs | kannaðrar | kannaðs | kannaðra | kannaðra | kannaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
kannaði | kannaða | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
kannaða | könnuðu | kannaða | könnuðu | könnuðu | könnuðu |
Derived terms
- kannast
- kannast við
- könnuður
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.
Declension
Descendants
References
- “kanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Noun
kanna c
- a pot, a jug - container for water, usually with handle
- töm vår kanna!
- (let's) empty our jugs! drink up!
- töm vår kanna!
- (historical) an old Scandinavian unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 2.617 litres (1/10 cubic foot, when the Swedish foot was 0.297 metres)
- Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.
- For 8 litres (3 jugs) of lingonberries take 4 litres (1 and 1 half jug) of water.
- a piston (in the cylinder of an engine or pump)
- Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till
- If smoke emerges from the cylinder, the piston does not fit tight
- Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till
Declension
Declension of kanna | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kanna | kannan | kannor | kannorna |
Genitive | kannas | kannans | kannors | kannornas |
Derived terms
Further reading
- kanna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- kanna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)