kanja
Japanese
Romanization
kanja
Lower Sorbian
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Alternative forms
- kańa (obsolete)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kanja (“buzzard”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kanja, Polish kania, Czech káně, Slovene kanja, and Belarusian каня (kanja).
Pronunciation
Noun
kanja f ?
- (Western) marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Declension
declension of kanja
References
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kańa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kanja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag