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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 used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
2. A hiragana or katakana character.

• furigana
• hiragana
• kana-majiri
• katakana
• manyogana

Japanese syllabaries

• Arabic: كَانَا (ar) f (kānā)
• Belarusian: ка́на f (kána)
• Bulgarian: ка́на (bg) f (kána)
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 假名 (zh) (jiǎmíng)
• Czech: kana (cs) f
• Finnish: kana (fi)
• French: kana (fr) m
• German: Kana f
• Greek: κάνα (el) f (kána)
• Hebrew: קאנה f (kána)
• Hindi: काना (hi) m (kānā)
• Japanese: 仮名 (ja) (かな, kana)
• Korean: 가나 (ko) (gana)
• Macedonian: ка́на f (kána)
• Malay: kana (ms)
• Marathi: काना m (kānā)
• Mongolian: кана (kana)
• Persian: کانا (fa) (kânâ)
• Polish: kana (pl) f
• Portuguese: kana (pt) m
• Russian: ка́на (ru) f (kána)
• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кана f
  Latin: kana (sh) f
• Spanish: kana (es) m
• Tajik: кана (kana)
• Thai: คะนะ (ká-ná)
• Ukrainian: ка́на f (kána)
• Urdu: کانا (kānā)
• Vietnamese: kana (vi)

kana (invariable)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative form of kena.

• Akan, knaa, naka

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

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.
• IPA(key): /kanə/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Borrowed from Old Javanese kana (“bangle, bracelet”).

kana (Balinese script ᬓᬦ)

1. bracelet

From Sanskrit कना (kanā, “girl”).

kana (Balinese script ᬓᬦᬵ)

1. girl

kana

1. to decide

• IPA(key): /ˈkana/

kana

1. I

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

Other scripts

kana (plural kan)

1. tree

• Reinisch, Leo (1887), Wörterbuch der Bilin-Sprache (in German), Wien, Austria, page 221

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

• na — short form, only used mid-sentence

Initial "ka-" is shared with other demonstratives kari (“this”), kani (“this”) and kadto (“that”). Related to dinha (“there”), nganha (“hither”), anaa (“there be”), and anha (“to go”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Hiligaynon ina, Tagalog iyan.

IPA(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]

• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kanâ

1. that (near the listener)

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

• ekkana

From Middle Cornish cane, from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kaneti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Cognate with Breton kana, Irish and Scottish Gaelic can, and Welsh canu.

kana

1. to sing

• kan (“song, poem”)

Mutation of kana

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

• IPA(key): [ˈkana]

kana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kanout

Kana

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
   kana hakkliha ― chicken minced meat
2. (specifically) hen

• kanamuna

• kukk

• “kana”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →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]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification(key): ka‧na
• Hyphenation(key): ka‧na

From Proto-Finnic *kana (compare Estonian kana), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”) (compare German Hahn).[1]

kana

1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)
   Synonym: (informal) kaakattaja
   Hyponym: siipikarja
   kanalintu ― gallinaceous bird
   1. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)
      Synonym: kananliha
2. hen (female chicken)
   Coordinate term: kukko
3. hen (female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl)
4. (derogatory) An unintelligent, talkative woman.
   Synonym: kanamainen nainen
5. (archaic, poetic) woman, sweetheart
   Synonyms: 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.

• joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää

• kana kynimättä

• kana kynittävänä

• kanala

• kanamainen

• kanan muisti

• kananen

• kanukka

• kuin päätön kana

• aitokana

• arokana

• currykana

• helmikana

• häkkikana

• isojalkakana

• kalkkunakana

• kanaemo

• kanafilee

• kanafondi

• kanahampurilainen

• kanahaukka

• kanahäkki

• kanakarja

• kanakastike

• kanakeitto

• kanakoira

• kanakolera

• kanakoppi

• kanakori

• kanalasagne

• kanalauma

• kanaliemi

• kanalintu

• kananaivo

• kananaivoinen

• kananhoito

• kananjalostus

• kanankaali

• kanankakka

• kanankasvattaja

• kanankirppu

• kanankoipi

• kananlanta

• kananliha

• kananmaksa

• kananmuna

• Kananoja

• kananpaisti

• kananpaska

• kananpesä

• kananpoika

• kananpoikanen

• kananpää

• kananrehu

• kananrinta

• kananruoka

• kanansiipi

• kananugetti

• kananugget

• kanapala

• kanaparvi

• kanapata

• kanapihvi

• kanapiiras

• kanapoikanen

• kanapyörykkä

• kanarisotto

• kanarotu

• kanaruoka

• kanarutto

• kanasalaatti

• kanatalous

• kanatarha

• kanatuberkuloosi

• kanatäi

• kanavaras

• kanaverkko

• kanaviillokki

• kanaviilokki

• karrikana

• kekokana

• kesäkana

• koristekana

• kääpiökana

• lattiakana

• leghornkana

• liejukana

• luhtakana

• lumikana

• maatiaiskana

• malleekana

• mehtikana

• metsäkana

• munituskana

• nokikana

• peltokana

• preeriakana

• purppurakana

• rantakana

• riekkokana

• riikinkana

• silkkikana

• sitruunakana

• sulttaanikana

• teerikana

• uikkukana

• ulkokana

• viidakkokana

• voikana

• kaakattaa

• kotkottaa

• kynä (“feather”)

1. ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “kana”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024

• “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 1 July 2023

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana).

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

Borrowed from Old Swedish kana.

kana (dialectal, Lapland, Kymenlaakso)

1. synonym of kokka (“bow of a boat”)

• peräkanaa

• -kaan, akan

kana m (plural kanas)

1. kana

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

Compare Tagalog kina.

• IPA(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈkɐ.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kana (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ)

1. used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns: to; toward; of; from; etc.
   kana Gawid ― to/for/of/from Gawid and his companions, family, etc.

• Used for multiple people. When referring to a single person, use kan.
• Even if only one person's name was mentioned, a group of people that includes person is implied.
• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 139

Kana.

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑˑ]
• 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.
   • 1937, 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 (“rooster”)

• (diminutive) kanain

• bankivakana

• emäkana

• kanahanhi

• kanajoukko

• kananhaukka

• kananmuna

• kanansilmä

• kanaporoda

• kanasakkeli

• kotikana

• metsokana

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “кана”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681

• 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

kana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かな

Kamba cardinal numbers

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

kana

1. four

Kamba Number Inflections

• cana (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)
• IPA(key): /kəˈna/ [kəˈna]
• IPA(key): /kəˈnaʔ/ [kəˈnaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana or kanâ

1. put; to place
   Synonym: lage
2. to leave something somewhere
   Synonym: maglakuwan

From ka +‎ na.

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

kana

1. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; I wonder; maybe
   Makabalu kana?
   I wonder if you already know?
   Manisip kana?
   I wonder if you're thinking something?

• kane
• kanu
• kaya
• kayi

Regional variants of kana

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

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

kana (genitive kanan, partitive kanua)

1. hen

• nokikana

• 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 Bangi kana.

-kana (infinitive kokana)

1. to decide

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. Cognates include Finnish kana and Veps kana.

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

kana

1. chicken

• 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
• IPA(key): [ˈkana]

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ, semi-transitive akkana)

1. (transitive) to say

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ)

1. word

From Hindi खाना (khānā).

kana

1. food

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica kana, borrowed from Portuguese cana, from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm).

• IPA(key): /ˈkana/, (Rio Negro) [ˈkã.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana (plural kana-itá)

1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
   Synonyms: murí-seẽ, tabuka-seẽ

• kana-mandurukú

• kana-pixuna

• kana-rana

• kana-reté-waá

• kana-suikiri

• kana-sumbika

• kanatiwa

• Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “kana”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 367

Unknown

kana

1. there
2. then

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

kana

1. bracelet

• → Balinese: kana (“bracelet”)

Borrowed from Portuguese cana, from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm).

kana () (Língua Geral Amazônica)

1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
   Synonym: takûare'ẽ

• kãndyba

• Nheengatu: kana

• Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Cana de assucar”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 9r, column 1, line 94; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 127: “cana [kana]”

• IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.nɔ/

• Hyphenation: ka‧na

• Rhymes: -nɔ

kana

1. there

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

• kanabaꞌakpʌ

• kanasis

• kanaꞌʌyubʌ

• 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

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

-kana (infinitive kukana)

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

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -kanusha
• Nominal derivations:
  • ukanaji

Borrowed from Portuguese cana.[1]

kana class IX (plural **kana class X)

1. (nautical) tiller (part of the rudder)
   Synonym: mkombo

2. ^ Baldi, Sergio (16 October 2023), Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 40), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 138 Nr. 245

(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)

Conjugation of kana (weak)

| | active | passive | | | | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- | ---- | - | | infinitive | kana | — | | | | supine | kanat | — | | | | imperative | kana | — | | | | _imper. plural_1 | kanen | — | | | | | present | past | present | past | | | indicative | kanar | kanade | — | — | | _ind. plural_1 | kana | kanade | — | — | | _subjunctive_2 | kane | kanade | — | — | | | | | | | | | present participle | kanande | | | | | past participle | — | | | |

• glida
• “kana”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kana”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kana”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• anka

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to contact; to have to do, to need to do; to be precise; deceived”), from Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”). Compare Ilocano kenna.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. deception; falsity
2. action or work
   Synonym: gawa
   Nakana na ang wika ko.
   My word has been done.
3. exertion; effort; deed; accomplishment
   Synonym: gawa
4. application; actualization; appropriation; usage for some purpose
   Synonyms: akma, lapat, kabit
   walang kapapakanan ― no purpose
5. fighting with the fists
   Synonyms: laban, away, babag, buntalan, suntukan
6. (obsolete) deception or falsification of the weight of scales
   May kana ang talaro mong iyan.
   That scale of yours has some falsification.
7. (obsolete) imposition of a penalty or payment
   Kanan mo ng dusa ang talampasan.
   Impose suffering to the wicked.

• ikana
• kakana
• kana-kana
• kanaan
• kanain
• kapakanan
• kumana
• magkana
• magpakana
• pagkanaan
• pakana

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. fixed; set in place
2. set as a trap; ready; readied (as of a gun)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ) (colloquial)

1. clipping of amerikana

• Kano

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈna/ [kɐˈn̪a]

• Rhymes: -a

• Syllabification: ka‧na

kaná (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. alternative form of kina

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkanaʔ/ [ˈkaː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ) (obsolete)

1. menarche; a woman's first menstruation
   Synonyms: abot-tubo, unang dating
   May kana na itong bata.
   The child already had her (first) menstruation.

• “kana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 292
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[7] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 317: “Falſo) Cana (pp) como peſo o romana”
  • page 489: “Poner) Cana (pc) frontal doſeles o otra coſa, o poner recado para baptiçar olear comulgar, &c.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*keNa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• ka- -an, naka-, anak

Tooro numbers (edit)

• IPA(key): /kána/

kana

1. four times

• enyakana
• emirundi ena

kana

1. dative singular of kan

kana

1. or
2. nor

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

kana

1. chicken

• haudoikana

• kanankoda

• kananpoigaine

• kananpu

• meckana

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “курица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[8], 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, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana

1. hen, chicken

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[9], 2nd edition, Tallinn
• IPA(key): [ˈkɐna]

kana

1. digging stick

Variant orthographies

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

• IPA(key): [kana]

kana

1. Amazon brycon, a fish of species Brycon amazonicus

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “kana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[10], 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: “kana”