kana

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

kana (plural kana or kanas)

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

kana (invariable)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative form of kena

• Akan, knaa, naka

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

kana

1. fish

• IPA^(key): /kana/

kana (Bengali script কানা)

1. blind person

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

kana

1. Romanization of ᬓᬦ
2. Romanization of ᬓᬦᬵ

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

kana

1. I

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

From Middle Breton canaff, from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) (compare Irish canadh), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

kana

1. to sing

• na — short form, only used mid-sentence

Initial "ka-" is shared with other demonstratives kari (“this”), kani (“this”) and kadto (“that”). Related to dinha (“there”), nganha (“hither”), anaa (“there be”), and anha (“to go”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Hiligaynon ina, Tagalog iyan.

IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]

• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kanâ

1. that (near the listener)

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

• ekkana

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kanout

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Finnish kana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. (specifically) hen

Declension of kana (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kana	kanad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kana
genitive			kanade
partitive		kana	kanu kanasid
illative		kanna kanasse	kanadesse kanusse
inessive		kanas	kanades kanus
elative		kanast	kanadest kanust
allative		kanale	kanadele kanule
adessive		kanal	kanadel kanul
ablative		kanalt	kanadelt kanult
translative		kanaks	kanadeks kanuks
terminative		kanani	kanadeni
essive		kanana	kanadena
abessive		kanata	kanadeta
comitative		kanaga	kanadega

• kukk

• “kana”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

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

kana

1. to eat (consume)

kana

1. meal

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧na

From Proto-Finnic *kana, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Cognates include Estonian kana, English hen.

kana

1. chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, Gallus domesticus)

   Synonyms: kaakattaja, munija, (collective) siipikarja

   kanalintu ― gallinaceous bird

   1. chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)

      Synonym: kananliha

2. hen (female chicken)
3. hen (female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl)
4. (derogatory) An unintelligent, talkative woman.

   Synonym: kanamainen nainen

5. (archaic) woman, sweetheart

   Synonyms: (archaic) kulta, rakastajatar, vaimo, nainen

   • 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?

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

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 kanain rare
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
abessive		kanatta	kanoitta
instructive		—	kanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanani kanani accusative nom. kanani kanani gen. kanani genitive kanani kanojeni kanaini rare partitive kanaani kanojani inessive kanassani kanoissani elative kanastani kanoistani illative kanaani kanoihini adessive kanallani kanoillani ablative kanaltani kanoiltani allative kanalleni kanoilleni essive kananani kanoinani translative kanakseni kanoikseni abessive kanattani kanoittani instructive — — comitative — kanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanasi kanasi accusative nom. kanasi kanasi gen. kanasi genitive kanasi kanojesi kanaisi rare partitive kanaasi kanojasi inessive kanassasi kanoissasi elative kanastasi kanoistasi illative kanaasi kanoihisi adessive kanallasi kanoillasi ablative kanaltasi kanoiltasi allative kanallesi kanoillesi essive kananasi kanoinasi translative kanaksesi kanoiksesi abessive kanattasi kanoittasi instructive — — comitative — kanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kanamme kanamme accusative nom. kanamme kanamme gen. kanamme genitive kanamme kanojemme kanaimme rare partitive kanaamme kanojamme inessive kanassamme kanoissamme elative kanastamme kanoistamme illative kanaamme kanoihimme adessive kanallamme kanoillamme ablative kanaltamme kanoiltamme allative kanallemme kanoillemme essive kananamme kanoinamme translative kanaksemme kanoiksemme abessive kanattamme kanoittamme instructive — — comitative — kanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kananne kananne accusative nom. kananne kananne gen. kananne genitive kananne kanojenne kanainne rare partitive kanaanne kanojanne inessive kanassanne kanoissanne elative kanastanne kanoistanne illative kanaanne kanoihinne adessive kanallanne kanoillanne ablative kanaltanne kanoiltanne allative kanallenne kanoillenne essive kanananne kanoinanne translative kanaksenne kanoiksenne abessive kanattanne kanoittanne instructive — — comitative — kanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kanansa kanansa accusative nom. kanansa kanansa gen. kanansa genitive kanansa kanojensa kanainsa rare partitive kanaansa kanojaan kanojansa inessive kanassaan kanassansa kanoissaan kanoissansa elative kanastaan kanastansa kanoistaan kanoistansa illative kanaansa kanoihinsa adessive kanallaan kanallansa kanoillaan kanoillansa ablative kanaltaan kanaltansa kanoiltaan kanoiltansa allative kanalleen kanallensa kanoilleen kanoillensa essive kananaan kananansa kanoinaan kanoinansa translative kanakseen kanaksensa kanoikseen kanoiksensa abessive kanattaan kanattansa kanoittaan kanoittansa instructive — — comitative — kanoineen kanoinensa

• kaakattaa
• kotkottaa
• kynä (“feather”)

• “kana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana).

kana

1. kana (Japanese syllabary)

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 kanain rare
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
abessive		kanatta	kanoitta
instructive		—	kanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanani kanani accusative nom. kanani kanani gen. kanani genitive kanani kanojeni kanaini rare partitive kanaani kanojani inessive kanassani kanoissani elative kanastani kanoistani illative kanaani kanoihini adessive kanallani kanoillani ablative kanaltani kanoiltani allative kanalleni kanoilleni essive kananani kanoinani translative kanakseni kanoikseni abessive kanattani kanoittani instructive — — comitative — kanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanasi kanasi accusative nom. kanasi kanasi gen. kanasi genitive kanasi kanojesi kanaisi rare partitive kanaasi kanojasi inessive kanassasi kanoissasi elative kanastasi kanoistasi illative kanaasi kanoihisi adessive kanallasi kanoillasi ablative kanaltasi kanoiltasi allative kanallesi kanoillesi essive kananasi kanoinasi translative kanaksesi kanoiksesi abessive kanattasi kanoittasi instructive — — comitative — kanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kanamme kanamme accusative nom. kanamme kanamme gen. kanamme genitive kanamme kanojemme kanaimme rare partitive kanaamme kanojamme inessive kanassamme kanoissamme elative kanastamme kanoistamme illative kanaamme kanoihimme adessive kanallamme kanoillamme ablative kanaltamme kanoiltamme allative kanallemme kanoillemme essive kananamme kanoinamme translative kanaksemme kanoiksemme abessive kanattamme kanoittamme instructive — — comitative — kanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kananne kananne accusative nom. kananne kananne gen. kananne genitive kananne kanojenne kanainne rare partitive kanaanne kanojanne inessive kanassanne kanoissanne elative kanastanne kanoistanne illative kanaanne kanoihinne adessive kanallanne kanoillanne ablative kanaltanne kanoiltanne allative kanallenne kanoillenne essive kanananne kanoinanne translative kanaksenne kanoiksenne abessive kanattanne kanoittanne instructive — — comitative — kanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kanansa kanansa accusative nom. kanansa kanansa gen. kanansa genitive kanansa kanojensa kanainsa rare partitive kanaansa kanojaan kanojansa inessive kanassaan kanassansa kanoissaan kanoissansa elative kanastaan kanastansa kanoistaan kanoistansa illative kanaansa kanoihinsa adessive kanallaan kanallansa kanoillaan kanoillansa ablative kanaltaan kanaltansa kanoiltaan kanoiltansa allative kanalleen kanallensa kanoilleen kanoillensa essive kananaan kananansa kanoinaan kanoinansa translative kanakseen kanaksensa kanoikseen kanoiksensa abessive kanattaan kanattansa kanoittaan kanoittansa instructive — — comitative — kanoineen kanoinensa

Borrowed from Old Swedish kana.

kana (dialectal)

1. Synonym of kokka (“bow of a boat”)

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 kanain rare
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
abessive		kanatta	kanoitta
instructive		—	kanoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanani kanani accusative nom. kanani kanani gen. kanani genitive kanani kanojeni kanaini rare partitive kanaani kanojani inessive kanassani kanoissani elative kanastani kanoistani illative kanaani kanoihini adessive kanallani kanoillani ablative kanaltani kanoiltani allative kanalleni kanoilleni essive kananani kanoinani translative kanakseni kanoikseni abessive kanattani kanoittani instructive — — comitative — kanoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kanasi kanasi accusative nom. kanasi kanasi gen. kanasi genitive kanasi kanojesi kanaisi rare partitive kanaasi kanojasi inessive kanassasi kanoissasi elative kanastasi kanoistasi illative kanaasi kanoihisi adessive kanallasi kanoillasi ablative kanaltasi kanoiltasi allative kanallesi kanoillesi essive kananasi kanoinasi translative kanaksesi kanoiksesi abessive kanattasi kanoittasi instructive — — comitative — kanoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kanamme kanamme accusative nom. kanamme kanamme gen. kanamme genitive kanamme kanojemme kanaimme rare partitive kanaamme kanojamme inessive kanassamme kanoissamme elative kanastamme kanoistamme illative kanaamme kanoihimme adessive kanallamme kanoillamme ablative kanaltamme kanoiltamme allative kanallemme kanoillemme essive kananamme kanoinamme translative kanaksemme kanoiksemme abessive kanattamme kanoittamme instructive — — comitative — kanoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kananne kananne accusative nom. kananne kananne gen. kananne genitive kananne kanojenne kanainne rare partitive kanaanne kanojanne inessive kanassanne kanoissanne elative kanastanne kanoistanne illative kanaanne kanoihinne adessive kanallanne kanoillanne ablative kanaltanne kanoiltanne allative kanallenne kanoillenne essive kanananne kanoinanne translative kanaksenne kanoiksenne abessive kanattanne kanoittanne instructive — — comitative — kanoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kanansa kanansa accusative nom. kanansa kanansa gen. kanansa genitive kanansa kanojensa kanainsa rare partitive kanaansa kanojaan kanojansa inessive kanassaan kanassansa kanoissaan kanoissansa elative kanastaan kanastansa kanoistaan kanoistansa illative kanaansa kanoihinsa adessive kanallaan kanallansa kanoillaan kanoillansa ablative kanaltaan kanaltansa kanoiltaan kanoiltansa allative kanalleen kanallensa kanoilleen kanoillensa essive kananaan kananansa kanoinaan kanoinansa translative kanakseen kanaksensa kanoikseen kanoiksensa abessive kanattaan kanattansa kanoittaan kanoittansa instructive — — comitative — kanoineen kanoinensa

• -kaan, akan

• Audio:

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kana m (plural kanas)

1. kana

• “kana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Compare Tagalog kina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/ [ˈkɐ.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kana (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ)

1. used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns: to; toward; of; from; etc.

   kana Gawid ― to/for/of/from Gawid and his companions, family, etc.

• Used for multiple people. When referring to a single person, use kan.
• Even if only one person's name was mentioned, a group of people that includes person is implied.

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 139

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana

1. hen
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Kana, ka-ka-ka, na, mama, kana.

     A hen, cluck cluck cluck, here, mommy, a hen.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Kana kaakatta. Sika röhkää.

     A hen cackles. A pig oinks.

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 80:

     Kanan äänee jooksi pertist Darja-ämmä.

     Granny Darja ran out of the cottage towards the sound of the hen.

Declension of kana (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanat
genitive	kanan	kannoin
partitive	kannaa	kanoja
illative	kannaa	kannoi
inessive	kanas	kanois
elative	kanast	kanoist
allative	kanalle	kanoille
adessive	kanal	kanoil
ablative	kanalt	kanoilt
translative	kanaks	kanoiks
essive	kananna, kannaan	kanoinna, kannoin
exessive1)	kanant	kanoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Soikkola declension of kana
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanat
genitive	kanan	kannoin
partitive	kannaa	kannooja
illative	kannaa	kannoi
inessive	kanas	kanois
elative	kanast	kanoist
allative	kanalle	kanoille
adessive	kanal	kanoil
ablative	kanalt	kanoilt
translative	kanaks	kanoiks
essive	kannaan	kannoin
exessive1)	kannaant	kannoint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• kukko (“rooster”)

• (diminutive) kanain

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кана”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи, Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ, page 681
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 130
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4], →ISBN, page 79

kana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かな

Kamba cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : kana

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

kana

1. four

• cana (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

• IPA^(key): /kəˈna/ [kəˈnä]
• IPA^(key): /kəˈnaʔ/ [kəˈnäʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana or kanâ

1. put; to place

   Synonym: lage

2. to leave something somewhere

   Synonym: maglakuwan

From ka +‎ na.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈna/ [kəˈnä]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana

1. expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; I wonder; maybe

   Makabalu kana?

   I wonder if you already know?

   Manisip kana?

   I wonder if you're thinking something?

Regional variants of kana

North Karelian (Viena)	kana
South Karelian (Tver)	kana

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana (genitive kanan, partitive kanua)

1. hen

Viena Karelian declension of kana (type 4/kala, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanat
genitive	kanan	kanojen
partitive	kanua	kanoja
illative	kanah	kanoih
inessive	kanašša	kanoissa
elative	kanašta	kanoista
adessive	kanalla	kanoilla
ablative	kanalta	kanoilta
translative	kanakši	kanoiksi
essive	kanana	kanoina
comitative	—	kanoineh
abessive	kanatta	kanoitta

Tver Karelian declension of kana (type 4/kala no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanat
genitive	kanan	kanoin
partitive	kanua	kanoida
illative	kanah	kanoih
inessive	kanašša	kanoissa
elative	kanašta	kanoista
adessive	kanalla	kanoilla
ablative	kanalda	kanoilda
translative	kanakši	kanoiksi
essive	kanana	kanoina
comitative	kananke	kanoinke
abessive	kanatta	kanoitta

Possessive forms of kana
1st person	kanani
2nd person	kanaš
3rd person	kanah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kana”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры), →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “курица”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /kana/

kana

1. or, whether

• “kana” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 206. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana f (diminutive kanka)

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

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kana”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kana”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Proto-Finnic *kana. Cognates include Finnish kana and Veps kana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana

1. chicken

Declension of kana (Type 1/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanad
genitive	kanan	kanoiden
partitive	kanad	kanoid
illative	kanah	kanoihe
inessive	kanas	kanoiš
elative	kanaspiä	kanoišpiä
allative	kanale	kanoile
adessive	kanal	kanoil
ablative	kanalpiä	kanoilpiä
translative	kanaks	kanoikš
essive	kanan	kanoin
abessive	kanata	kanoita
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 105
• M. Pahomov (2022) “kana”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[5], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 61

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ, semi-transitive akkana)

1. (transitive) to say

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ)

1. word

From Hindi खाना (khānā).

kana

1. food

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Unknown

kana

1. there
2. then

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇa, “bracelet”).

kana

1. bracelet

• → Balinese: ᬓᬦ (kana, “bracelet”)

From Portuguese caminhar and Spanish caminar and Kabuverdianu kaminha.

kana

1. to walk
2. to go

kana m (uncountable)

1. kana (Japanese syllabaries)

kana

1. salt

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[6] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 12

Inherited from Sanskrit कदा (kadā).

kana

1. when

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قنا (kına), from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ).

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

kȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏на)

1. henna (Lawsonia inermis) (shrub; dye)

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名 (kana).

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

kàna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на)

1. kana

• Audio (Kenya):

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-kana (infinitive kukana)

1. to deny, to reject, to say no, to decline, to negate, to disown

Conjugation of -kana
Positive present -nakana Subjunctive -kane Negative -kani Imperative singular kana
Infinitives
Positive kukana Negative kutokana
Imperatives
Singular kana Plural kaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukana Positive past positive subject concord + -likana Negative past negative subject concord + -kukana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakana) Singular Plural 1st person ninakana/nakana tunakana 2nd person unakana mnakana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakana wanakana other classes positive subject concord + -nakana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kani) Singular Plural 1st person sikani hatukani 2nd person hukani hamkani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakani hawakani other classes negative subject concord + -kani
Positive future positive subject concord + -takana Negative future negative subject concord + -takana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kane) Singular Plural 1st person nikane tukane 2nd person ukane mkane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akane wakane other classes positive subject concord + -kane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akana) Singular Plural 1st person nakana twakana 2nd person wakana mwakana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akana wakana m-mi(III/IV) wakana yakana ji-ma(V/VI) lakana yakana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakana vyakana n(IX/X) yakana zakana u(XI) wakana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakana pa(XVI) pakana mu(XVIII) mwakana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokana Consecutive kakana / positive subject concord + -kakana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikana -tukana 2nd person -kukana -wakana/-kukaneni/-wakaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkana -wakana m-mi(III/IV) -ukana -ikana ji-ma(V/VI) -likana -yakana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikana -vikana n(IX/X) -ikana -zikana u(XI) -ukana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukana pa(XVI) -pakana mu(XVIII) -mukana Reflexive -jikana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kanaye -kanao m-mi(III/IV) -kanao -kanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kanalo -kanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kanacho -kanavyo n(IX/X) -kanayo -kanazo u(XI) -kanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kanako pa(XVI) -kanapo mu(XVIII) -kanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekana -okana m-mi(III/IV) -okana -yokana ji-ma(V/VI) -lokana -yokana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokana -vyokana n(IX/X) -yokana -zokana u(XI) -okana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokana pa(XVI) -pokana mu(XVIII) -mokana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kana c

1. slide (mostly as a toy)

• iskana
• rutschkana

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

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

• glida

• kana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• anka

Borrowed from Malay kena (“to contact; to have to do, to need to do; to be precise; deceived”), from Old Malay knā, from Proto-Austronesian *kəNa (“be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hit the mark, be ‘on target’, correct, right, true”). Compare Ilocano kenna.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. deception; falsity
2. action or work

   Synonym: gawa

   Nakana na ang wika ko.

   My word has been done.

3. exertion; effort; deed; accomplishment

   Synonym: gawa

4. application; actualization; appropriation; usage for some purpose

   Synonyms: akma, lapat, kabit

   walang kapapakanan ― no purpose

5. fighting with the fists

   Synonyms: laban, away, babag, buntalan, suntukan

6. (obsolete) deception or falsification of the weight of scales

   May kana ang talaro mong iyan.

   That scale of yours has some falsification.

7. (obsolete) imposition of a penalty or payment

   Kanan mo ng dusa ang talampasan.

   Impose suffering to the wicked.

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. fixed; set in place
2. set as a trap; ready; readied (as of a gun)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ) (colloquial)

1. Clipping of amerikana.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈna/ [kɐˈn̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kaná (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

1. Alternative form of kina

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkanaʔ/ [ˈkaː.n̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -anaʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧na

kanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ) (obsolete)

1. menarche; a woman's first menstruation

   Synonyms: abot-tubo, unang dating

   May kana na itong bata.

   The child already had her (first) menstruation.

• “kana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 292
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[7], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 317: “Falſo) Cana (pp) como peſo o romana”
  • page 489: “Poner) Cana (pc) frontal doſeles o otra coſa, o poner recado para baptiçar olear comulgar, &c.”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*keNa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ka- -an, naka-, anak

Tooro numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  3	4	5  → [a], [b], [c]
Cardinal: -na, (in abstract counting) ina     Ordinal: -a kana     Adverbial: kana, enyakana, emirundi ena     Fractional: ekicweka ekya kana

IPA^(key): /kána/

kana

1. four times

• enyakana
• emirundi ena

kana

1. dative singular of kan

kana

1. or
2. nor

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô.

kana

1. chicken

Inflection of kana (inflection type 5/sana)
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	kanaha	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	kanahasai	kanoihesai
terminative II	kanalesai	kanoilesai
terminative III	kanassai	—
additive I	kanahapäi	kanoihepäi
additive II	kanalepäi	kanoilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “курица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ‎^[8], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Estonian kana.

• IPA^(key): /kɑnɑ/

kana (genitive kana, partitive kanna)

1. chicken

From Proto-Finnic *kana.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

kana

1. hen, chicken

Declension of kana (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kana	kanad
genitive	kana	kanojõ, kanoi
partitive	kanna	kanoitõ, kanoi
illative	kannasõ, kanna	kanoisõ
inessive	kanaz	kanoiz
elative	kanassõ	kanoissõ
allative	kanalõ	kanoilõ
adessive	kanallõ	kanoillõ
ablative	kanaltõ	kanoiltõ
translative	kanassi	kanoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kana”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɐna]

kana

1. digging stick

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kana
Brazilian standard	kana
New Tribes	cana

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

• IPA^(key): [kana]

kana

1. Amazon brycon, a fish of species Brycon amazonicus

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “kana”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[9], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “kana:”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 36: “kana”