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Kanna
kanna
kanna
Faroese
Noun
kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)
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)
- To examine
Conjugation
| v-30 | ||||
| infinitive | kanna | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kannandi | |||
| past participle a6 | kannaður | |||
| supine | kannað | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | kanni | kannar | kannar | kanna |
| past | kannaði | kannaði | kannaði | kannaðu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | kanna! | — | kannið! |
Finnish
Verb
kanna
- Indicative present connegative form of kantaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of kantaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kantaa.
Anagrams
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanːa/
Pronoun
kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)
- down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.
Declension
Declension of kanna
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”)
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canne (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian gin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒnːɒ]
- Hyphenation: kan‧na
Noun
kanna (plural kannák)
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 |
| 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
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰanːa/
- Rhymes: -anːa
Noun
kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- hafa nóg á sinni könnu (“to have one's hands full”)
- hitakanna
- kaffikanna
- sósukanna
Synonyms
- (pot): def. kaffikanna
Verb
kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to explore, to delve
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to investigate, to look into
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- kannast
- kannast við
- könnuður
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
kanna c
- a pot, a jug - container for water, usually with handle
- töm vår kanna!
- (let's) empty our jugs! drink up!
- töm vår kanna!
- 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.
- Till 8 lit. (3 kannor) lingon tages 4 lit. (1 och 1 half kanna) vatten.
- 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
- Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt till
Declension
| Inflection of kanna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kanna | kannan | kannor | kannorna |
| Genitive | kannas | kannans | kannors | kannornas |