kanna

kanna

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

• Kanan

From French canard.

kanna

1. duck

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).

kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)

1. can
2. 4 litre

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

1. To examine

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑ/, [ˈkɑnːɑ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧na

kanna

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈkɑnːɑ(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: kan‧na

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.

• ankan, kanan

• IPA^(key): /kanːa/

kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)

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

• 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”)

From German Kanne (“can”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na, “reed”).[1]

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

kanna (plural kannák)

1. can, pot, kettle, jug

• kannaporc
• kávéskanna
• locsolókanna
• teáskanna

From Old Norse kanna.

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

kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• (pot): ^def. kaffikanna

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

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

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• kannast
• kannast við
• könnuður

kanna

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんな

• kannen

kanna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kanne

kanna f

1. definite singular of kanne

From Old Norse kanna.

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

• kaffekanna
• tekanna
• vattenkanna