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Kana

Kana

See also: kana, kána, kaña, kāna, kanā, Kaňa, and ka na

English

Proper noun

Kana

  1. A Japanese female given name

Japanese

Romanization

Kana

  1. rōmaji reading of かな

kana

kana

See also: kanā, kána, kāna, känä, and Kaňa

English

Noun

kana ‎(plural kana or kanas)

  1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
  2. A hiragana or katakana character.

Translations

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Anagrams

Apalaí

Noun

kana

  1. fish

Breton

Etymology

Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh canu, Irish canadh).

Verb

kana

  1. to sing

Mutation

Chuukese

Determiner

kana

  1. (possessive subject marker) those

Related terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanô, cognate to Old Norse hani, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 ‎(hana), Swedish hane, Finnish kana, Livonian kanā, Votic kana, Veps kana.

Noun

kana ‎(genitive kana, partitive kana)

  1. chicken
  2. hen

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kana

  1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kana

  1. meal

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Related to Estonian kana.

Noun

kana

  1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)
  2. hen (female chicken)
  3. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)
  4. (taxonomy) gallinaceous (when used as modifier in some compound terms)
    kanalintu = gallinaceous bird
  5. (derogatory) hen (unintelligent, talkative woman)
  6. (archaic) woman, sweetheart
    • 1835, Elias Lönnrot, Kalevala:
      Sanoi Pohjolan emäntä, itse lausui, noin nimesi:/ Kummallenp' on mielit mennä, kun tulevat tahtomahan/ ikuiseksi ystäväksi, kainaloiseksi kanaksi?
      Said the mistress of Pohjola, stated herself, thus worded:/ To which one do you want to go, when they come to woo you/ to be their eternal friend, a chicken under their arm?
Declension
Inflection of kana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kana kanat
genitive kanan kanojen
partitive kanaa kanoja
illative kanaan kanoihin
singular plural
nominative kana kanat
accusative nom. kana kanat
gen. kanan
genitive kanan kanojen
kanainrare
partitive kanaa kanoja
inessive kanassa kanoissa
elative kanasta kanoista
illative kanaan kanoihin
adessive kanalla kanoilla
ablative kanalta kanoilta
allative kanalle kanoille
essive kanana kanoina
translative kanaksi kanoiksi
instructive — kanoin
abessive kanatta kanoitta
comitative — kanoineen
Usage notes

The word kana usually refers to a mature bird. The Finnish translation for "chicken" in the sense "young hen" is kananpoika or broileri.

Synonyms
Derived terms
Compounds
See also

Etymology 2

From Japanese

Noun

kana

  1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

kana

  1. rōmaji reading of かな

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Kanne, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkana]

Noun

kana f ‎(diminutive kanka)

  1. jug, pot (e.g. for coffee or tea)

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

kana m (uncountable)

  1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

Romani

Adverb

kana

  1. when

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish kına), from Arabic حِنَّاء ‎(ḥinnāʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâna/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kȁna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̏на)

  1. henna
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Japanese 仮名 ‎(kana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǎna/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧na

Noun

kàna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̀на)

  1. kana
Declension

Swahili

Verb

kana

  1. to deny, to reject

Conjugation

Swedish

Noun

kana c

  1. slide (mostly as a toy)

Declension

Inflection of kana 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kana kanan kanor kanorna
Genitive kanas kanans kanors kanornas

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Verb

kana ‎(present kanar, preterite kanade, supine kanat, imperative kana)

  1. to slide (mostly of people or vehicles, relating to icy ground)

Conjugation

See also

Veps

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hanô.

Noun

kana

  1. chicken

Inflection

Inflection of kana
nominative sing. kana
genitive sing. kanan
partitive sing. kanad
partitive plur. kanoid
singular plural
nominative kana kanad
accusative kanan kanad
genitive kanan kanoiden
partitive kanad kanoid
essive-instructive kanan kanoin
translative kanaks kanoikš
inessive kanas kanoiš
elative kanaspäi kanoišpäi
illative ? kanoihe
adessive kanal kanoil
ablative kanalpäi kanoilpäi
allative kanale kanoile
abessive kanata kanoita
comitative kananke kanoidenke
prolative kanadme kanoidme
approximative I kananno kanoidenno
approximative II kanannoks kanoidennoks
egressive kanannopäi kanoidennopäi
terminative I ? kanoihesai
terminative II kanalesai kanoilesai
terminative III kanassai —
additive I ? kanoihepäi
additive II kanalepäi kanoilepäi

Derived terms

  • haudoikana
  • meckana
  • kanankoda
  • kananpoigaine
  • kananpu

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “курица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognate to Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑnɑ/

Noun

kana ‎(genitive kana, partitive kanna)

  1. chicken

Inflection

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 仮名 ‎(kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

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