different between ganna vs canna

English

Etymology

Khwe kanna

Noun

ganna (usually uncountable, plural gannas)

1. (South Africa) A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.

Anagrams

• Anang, nanga, ngana

Cimbrian

Etymology

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Noun

ganna f

1. (Sette Comuni) quarry

References

• “ganna” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Oromo

Noun

ganna

1. summer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæn?/
• Rhymes: -æn?

Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kánn?, “reed”), from Akkadian ???????????????? (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew ?????? (qané), Aramaic ???????? (qany?), Classical Syriac ????? (qanya), and English cane, canon, cannon, canal, and channel.

Wikispecies

Noun

canna (plural cannas)

1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 7:

     A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots cannae.

Contraction

canna

1. (Scotland, Jamaican) Contraction of can not; cannot.

Translations

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane.

Noun

canna (plural cannas)

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

French

Pronunciation

• 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): /?kan???/

Noun

canna m (genitive singular canna, nominative plural cannaí)

1. can

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "canna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “canna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “canna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kánn?, “reed”), from Akkadian ???????????????? (qanûm, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: càn?na

Noun

canna f (plural canne)

1. cane
2. barrel (of a gun)

3. (fishing) rod

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

5. chute
6. (slang) joint

   Synonym: spinello

7. (historical) traditional unit of measure

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: canna

Related terms

Verb

canna

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

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• cyaan

Etymology

From English cannot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan?/
• Hyphenation: ca?nna

Verb

canna

1. (rare) Alternative form of cyaan.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (kánn?, “reed”), from Akkadian ???????????????? (qanûm, “reed”). Compare Biblical Hebrew ?????? (qané), Aramaic ???????? (qany?) or ??????? (qany?) and Classical Syriac ??????? (qanyo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kan.na/, [?kän?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kan.na/, [?k?n??]

Noun

canna f (genitive cannae); first declension

1. A reed, cane.

   Synonyms: calamus, harund?

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

   Synonyms: harund?, t?bia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• canna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• canna in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 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 ?????? (kánn?, “reed”), from Akkadian ???????????????? (qanûm, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?n.n??/, [?kä?n?.n???]
• 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)

Derived terms

• cannolu, cannoli
• cannuolu, cannuoli