kanna

See also: Kanna and känna

English

Noun

kanna (uncountable)

1. Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
2. Platysace cirrosa, a Western Australian perennial herb.
3. Caroxylon aphyllum, a shrub.

Anagrams

• Kanan

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Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French canard.

Noun

kanna

1. duck

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Estonian

Noun

kanna

1. illative singular of kana

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, can”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps from Latin canne (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Noun

kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)

1. can
2. 4 litre

Declension

Declension of kanna
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanna	kannan	kannur	kannurnar
accusative	kannu	kannuna	kannur	kannurnar
dative	kannu	kannuni	kannum	kannunum
genitive	kannu	kannunnar	kanna	kannanna

Verb

kanna (third person singular past indicative kannaði, third person plural past indicative kannað, supine kannað)

1. To examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of kanna (group v-30)
infinitive	kanna
supine	kannað
participle (a6)1	kannandi	kannaður
	present	past
first singular	kanni	kannaði
second singular	kannar	kannaði
third singular	kannar	kannaði
plural	kanna	kannaðu
	imperative
singular	kanna!
plural	kannið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From translingual Canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑ/, [ˈkɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification: kan‧na

Noun

kanna

1. canna lily (any plant of the genus Canna)
2. (in the plural) the genus Canna

Declension

Inflection of kanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		kanna	kannat
genitive		kannan	kannojen
partitive		kannaa	kannoja
illative		kannaan	kannoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kanna	kannat
accusative	nom.	kanna	kannat
	gen.	kannan
genitive		kannan	kannojen kannainrare
partitive		kannaa	kannoja
inessive		kannassa	kannoissa
elative		kannasta	kannoista
illative		kannaan	kannoihin
adessive		kannalla	kannoilla
ablative		kannalta	kannoilta
allative		kannalle	kannoille
essive		kannana	kannoina
translative		kannaksi	kannoiksi
instructive		—	kannoin
abessive		kannatta	kannoitta
comitative		—	kannoineen

Possessive forms of kanna (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kannani	kannamme
2nd person	kannasi	kannanne
3rd person	kannansa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈkɑnːɑ(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification: kan‧na

Verb

kanna

1. Indicative present connegative form of kantaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kantaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kantaa.

Anagrams

• ankan, kanan

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Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanːa/

Pronoun

kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)

1. down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.

Declension

Declension of kanna

	singular	plural
absolutive	kanna	kakku
ergative	katuma	kakkua
allative	katumunnga	kakkununnga
ablative	katumannga	kakkunannga
prosecutive	katumuuna	kakkunuuna
locative	katumani	kakkunani
instrumental	katuminnga	kakkuninnga
equative	katumatut	kakkunatut

See also

• manna (“this here”)
• una (“that nearby”)
• innga (“that yonder”)
• sanna (“that down a long distance”)
• pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
• panna (“that up a long distance”)
• qanna (“that in there/out there”)
• anna (“that in the north”)
• kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)
• inna (“that which is invisible”)

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French canard.

Noun

kanna

1. duck

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒnːɒ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Noun

kanna (plural kannák)

1. can, pot, kettle, jug

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanna	kannák
accusative	kannát	kannákat
dative	kannának	kannáknak
instrumental	kannával	kannákkal
causal-final	kannáért	kannákért
translative	kannává	kannákká
terminative	kannáig	kannákig
essive-formal	kannaként	kannákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kannában	kannákban
superessive	kannán	kannákon
adessive	kannánál	kannáknál
illative	kannába	kannákba
sublative	kannára	kannákra
allative	kannához	kannákhoz
elative	kannából	kannákból
delative	kannáról	kannákról
ablative	kannától	kannáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kannáé	kannáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kannáéi	kannákéi

Possessive forms of kanna
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kannám	kannáim
2nd person sing.	kannád	kannáid
3rd person sing.	kannája	kannái
1st person plural	kannánk	kannáink
2nd person plural	kannátok	kannáitok
3rd person plural	kannájuk	kannáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• kannaporc
• kávéskanna
• locsolókanna
• teáskanna

 

Further reading

• kanna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Noun

kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)

1. jug, a pitcher
2. (of coffee) a pot

Declension

declension of kanna

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanna	kannan	könnur	könnurnar
accusative	könnu	könnuna	könnur	könnurnar
dative	könnu	könnunni	könnum	könnunum
genitive	könnu	könnunnar	kanna	kannanna

Synonyms

• (pot): kaffikanna

Derived terms

• hafa nóg á sinni könnu (“to have one's hands full”)
• hitakanna
• kaffikanna
• sósukanna

Verb

kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to explore, to delve
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to investigate, to look into

Conjugation

kanna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kanna
supine (sagnbót)		kannað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kannandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kanna	við könnum	present (nútíð)	ég kanni	við könnum
	þú kannar	þið kannið		þú kannir	þið kannið
	hann, hún, það kannar	þeir, þær, þau kanna		hann, hún, það kanni	þeir, þær, þau kanni
past (þátíð)	ég kannaði	við könnuðum	past (þátíð)	ég kannaði	við könnuðum
	þú kannaðir	þið könnuðuð		þú kannaðir	þið könnuðuð
	hann, hún, það kannaði	þeir, þær, þau könnuðu		hann, hún, það kannaði	þeir, þær, þau könnuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	kanna (þú)	kannið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kannaðu	kanniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kannast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kannast
supine (sagnbót)		kannast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kannandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kannast	við könnumst	present (nútíð)	ég kannist	við könnumst
	þú kannast	þið kannist		þú kannist	þið kannist
	hann, hún, það kannast	þeir, þær, þau kannast		hann, hún, það kannist	þeir, þær, þau kannist
past (þátíð)	ég kannaðist	við könnuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég kannaðist	við könnuðumst
	þú kannaðist	þið könnuðust		þú kannaðist	þið könnuðust
	hann, hún, það kannaðist	þeir, þær, þau könnuðust		hann, hún, það kannaðist	þeir, þær, þau könnuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	kannast (þú)	kannist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kannastu	kannisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kannaður	könnuð	kannað		kannaðir	kannaðar	könnuð
accusative (þolfall)	kannaðan	kannaða	kannað		kannaða	kannaðar	könnuð
dative (þágufall)	könnuðum	kannaðri	könnuðu		könnuðum	könnuðum	könnuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	kannaðs	kannaðrar	kannaðs		kannaðra	kannaðra	kannaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kannaði	kannaða	kannaða		könnuðu	könnuðu	könnuðu
accusative (þolfall)	kannaða	könnuðu	kannaða		könnuðu	könnuðu	könnuðu
dative (þágufall)	kannaða	könnuðu	kannaða		könnuðu	könnuðu	könnuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	kannaða	könnuðu	kannaða		könnuðu	könnuðu	könnuðu

Derived terms

• kannast
• kannast við
• könnuður

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Japanese

Romanization

kanna

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんな

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kannen

Noun

kanna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kanne

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kanna f (definite singular kanna, indefinite plural kanner or kannor, definite plural kannene or kannone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kanne
2. definite singular of kanne

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

Noun

kanna f (genitive kǫnnu, plural kǫnnur)

1. a can, tankard

Declension

  Declension of kanna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanna	kannan	kǫnnur	kǫnnurnar
accusative	kǫnnu	kǫnnuna	kǫnnur	kǫnnurnar
dative	kǫnnu	kǫnnunni	kǫnnum	kǫnnunum
genitive	kǫnnu	kǫnnunnar	kanna	kannanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kanna
• Faroese: kanna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kanne
• Norwegian Bokmål: kanne
• Old Swedish: kanna
  • Swedish: kanna
  • → Finnish: kannu
  • → Estonian: kann
• Danish: kande
• → Norman: canne; cannette (Jersey)

References

• “kanna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kanna.

Noun

kanna c

1. a pot, a jug - container for water, usually with handle

   töm vår kanna!

   (let's) empty our jugs! drink up!

2. a historic measure for liquid volume, 2.617 litres (1/10 cubic foot, when the Swedish foot was 0.297 metres)

   Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.

   For 8 litres (3 jugs) of lingonberries take 4 litres (1 and 1 half jug) of water.

3. a piston (in the cylinder of an engine or pump)

   Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till

   If smoke emerges from the cylinder, the piston does not fit tight

Declension

Declension of kanna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kanna	kannan	kannor	kannorna
Genitive	kannas	kannans	kannors	kannornas

Derived terms

• kaffekanna
• tekanna
• vattenkanna

Anagrams

• ankan, kanan, nakna