caña
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cana"
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Noun
[edit]caña f (plural cañes)
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- canha (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
[edit]Perhaps form Spanish caña (“cane, reed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caña m (plural cañas)
- aguardiente, a brandy or distillate of grape pomace
- Synonym: augardente
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish canna, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caña f (plural cañas)
- cane (plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane)
- reed (any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water)
- slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
- glass of beer
- (Chile, informal) hangover (illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking)
- (anatomy) shank (part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)
- (Northeast Spain) drinking straw
- Synonym: pajita
Derived terms
[edit]- caña agria
- caña de ámbar
- caña de azúcar
- caña de Batavia
- caña de Bengala
- caña de Castilla
- caña de cuentas
- caña de Indias
- caña de la India
- caña de patata
- caña de pesca
- caña de pescar
- caña de vaca
- caña del ancla
- caña del pulmón
- caña del timón
- caña fístula
- cañada
- cañazo
- caño
- columna de media caña
- dar caña
- haber toros y cañas
- meter caña
- papel de caña
- sapo de caña
- tirar la caña
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “caña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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