kanep

Estonian

Harilik kanep (Cannabis sativa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latvian kaņepe. The plant name borrowed from Latvian is a Wanderwort known in many languages, for example Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς f (kánnăbĭs), Russian конопля́ f (konopljá), Bulgarian коно́п m (konóp), German Hanf m, Swedish hampa c, Albanian kërp m, Georgian კანაფი (ḳanapi), Armenian կանեփ (kanepʻ), Turkish kenevir, kendir, Persian کنب (kanab), Arabic قِنَّب m (qinnab) and Akkadian 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 (kunibu). From various sources the root has also been borrowed into many Finno-Ugric languages, for example Finnish hamppu, Erzya кансть (kansť), Moksha каньф (kańf), Eastern Mari кыне (kyńe) and Komi-Zyrian кӧнтусь (köntuś).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnep/, [ˈkɑnepˑ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑnep
• Hyphenation: ka‧nep

Noun

kanep (genitive kanepi, partitive kanepit)

1. cannabis, hemp (Cannabis)
   1. A tall annual herbaceous plant grown for fibre and oil, with long-rotate leafy pinnae. (Cannabis sativa)

      Eestis kasvatatakse kanepit vähe. ― Hemp cultivation is low in Estonia.

   2. Dried hemp stalks; the fibre obtained therefrom.
   3. A drug made from Cannabis indica, hashish.

      Mõnes riigis on kanep legaliseeritud. ― Some countries have legalized cannabis.

Declension

Declension of kanep (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kanep	kanepid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kanepi
genitive			kanepite
partitive		kanepit	kanepeid
illative		kanepisse	kanepitesse kanepeisse
inessive		kanepis	kanepites kanepeis
elative		kanepist	kanepitest kanepeist
allative		kanepile	kanepitele kanepeile
adessive		kanepil	kanepitel kanepeil
ablative		kanepilt	kanepitelt kanepeilt
translative		kanepiks	kanepiteks kanepeiks
terminative		kanepini	kanepiteni
essive		kanepina	kanepitena
abessive		kanepita	kanepiteta
comitative		kanepiga	kanepitega

Derived terms

• kanepine

Compounds

• aaloekanep
• emakanep
• isakanep
• manillakanep
• põdrakanep
• ravikanep
• toorkanep
• vesikanep

• kanepbanaan
• kanepijahu
• kanepijook
• kanepikarva
• kanepikiud
• kanepikook
• kanepiköis
• kanepilind
• kanepiluu
• kanepinöör
• kanepipeo
• kanepipiim
• kanepipood
• kanepiriie
• kanepiseeme
• kanepisuits
• kanepisõltuvus
• kanepitakud
• kanepitamp
• kanepitemp
• kanepiõli
• kanepköis
• kanepnöör
• kanepriie

Descendants

• → Ingrian: (dialectal) kaneppi

References

• kanep in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kanep”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009