canapa

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

canapa

1. Alternative spelling of canahpa

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Italian

una pianta di canapa – a hemp plant

Alternative forms

• canape (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of the borrowing cannabis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkän̺äpä]
• Hyphenation: cà‧na‧pa

Noun

canapa f (plural canape)

1. (botany, uncountable) hemp (Cannabis sativa)
2. A hemp plant.
3. (collective) The fibers of the hemp plant.
4. A fabric made from the hemp fibers

Derived terms

• canapa acquatica
• canapa del Canada
• canapa di Manila
• canapa indiana
• canapo

 

See also

• cannabis

References

• canapa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

From cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkänäpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkäːnäpä]

Noun

canapa f (genitive canapae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) hemp

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canapa	canapae
Genitive	canapae	canapārum
Dative	canapae	canapīs
Accusative	canapam	canapās
Ablative	canapā	canapīs
Vocative	canapa	canapae

Descendants

• → Albanian: kërp
• Aromanian: cãnipã
• Friulian: cjanaipe
• Italian: canapa
• Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
• Romanian: cânepă

References

• canapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)