canú

See also: canu and cañu

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English canoe, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna)

1. canoe

Declension

Declension of canú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative canú canúnna Vocative a chanú a chanúnna Genitive canú canúnna Dative canú canúnna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an canú na canúnna Genitive an chanú na gcanúnna Dative leis an gcanú don chanú leis na canúnna

Synonyms

• báidín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
canú	chanú	gcanú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.