kanuun

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Venetian canón (cannon, tube), from cana (cane, tube, pipe) + -ón (augmentative suffix); compare Italian cannone.

Noun[edit]

kanuun m (plural kanüune) (Sette Comuni)

  1. tube, pipe
  2. cannon

Further reading[edit]

  • “kanuun” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo