# cana
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin canna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈka.na]

### Noun

cana f (plural canes)
* Archaic form of canya.
* (historical) unit of length of eight pams (“handspans”); ~1.60m

#### Derived terms

* acanar
* trescanar

#### Related terms

* canya

### Further reading

* “cana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “cana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Classical Nahuatl
### Adverb

cana
* Alternative spelling of canah

## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkana/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ca‧na

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin canna.

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* reed, cane
* fishing rod

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* grey hair

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkana/ [ˈkɑ.nɐ]
* Rhymes: -ana

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
** the stem of such plants
** (botany) giant reed (Arundo donax)
** (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)
    Synonym: cana de azucre
** fishing rod
    Synonym: cana de pescar
** a slender twig
    Synonym: cimbra
** (nautical) tiller
** shaft
** shaft of a boot
** long bone and its bone marrow

##### Derived terms

* cana de azucre
* cana de bafordos
* cana de pescar
* cana do óso
* canal
* canedo
* canela
* cano
* cañoto

##### Related terms

* canavela

### Etymology 2

From Latin canus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkanɐ]

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* white or gray hair

#### Adjective

cana
* feminine singular of cano

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanˠə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

#### Noun

cana m (genitive singular canann)
* cub, whelp
* bardic poet of the fourth order

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
cana
vocative
a chana
genitive
canann
dative
cana
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an cana
genitive
an chanann
dative
leis an gcana don chana :

##### Synonyms

* (young animal): coileán, samhairle
* (poet): ánradh (“second-order bard”), clí (“third-order bard”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cana
* present subjunctive of can

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: cà‧na

### Etymology 1

Clipping of canapa (“hemp”).

#### Noun

cana f (plural cane)
* (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint
    Synonym: spinello

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

cana
* feminine singular of cano

### Anagrams

* ANCA, anca, naca

## Latin
### Adjective

cāna
* inflection of cānus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/vocative/accusative neuter plural

### Adjective

cānā
* ablative feminine singular of cānus

### References

* "cana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “cana”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
* “cana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanə/

### Noun

cana m
* cub
    Synonym: cuilén
* puppy
    Synonym: cuilén

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Scottish Gaelic: cana
* Irish: cana

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* canna

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* cane; reed
* twig
** c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 194:
    outros que nõ an boca senõ tã estreyta [como] hũa cana de avelãoand others that almost have no mouth, but one so narrow as a hazel twig

##### Descendants

* Galician: cana
* Portuguese: cana (see there for further descendants)

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

cana
* feminine of cano

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cana”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* canna (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧na

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cana, from Latin canna, borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), borrowed from Akkadian qanûm.

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
* Ellipsis of cana-de-açúcar (“sugar cane”)
* canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
* fishing pole
    Synonym: cana de pesca
* cane; walking stick
    Synonym: bengala
* (Brazil, metonymically, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)
    Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cachaça, (Rio Grande do Sul) canha, pinga

##### Derived terms

* aguardente de cana
* cana do leme
* cana-cheirosa
* cana-de-açúcar
* cana-de-frecha
* cana-do-reino
* cana-do-rio
* cana-ubá
* canada
* canaflecha
* canafrecha
* canazinha (diminutive)
* caniço
* caninha (diminutive)

##### Related terms

* canal
* caneta
* cano

##### Descendants

* → Old Tupi: kana
** Nheengatu: kana

### Etymology 2

Unknown, but compare Rioplatense Spanish cana.

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas) (Brazil, slang)
* jail; prison
    Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, (Brazil, slang) xadrez
* (uncountable) police; the heat
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:polícia
** 1981, Fernando Pettinati, Antônio Camano, 0:35 from the start, in Feira da Fruta (VHS), spoken by Coringa (Fernando Pettinati), São Paulo, reddubing of He Meets His Match, The Grisly Ghoul:A cana, filho dumas putas, como é que me descobriram aqui?!The heat, sonsabitches, how did they find me here?!

#### Noun

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)
* (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:policial
** 2008, Pacificadores (lyrics and music), “Eu Queria Mudar” (0:14 from the start) ft. Misael, Brasília:Eu queria mudar, eu queria mudar / O meu mundo me ensinou a ser assim / Fazer a correria e os cana vim atrás de mimI wanted to change, I wanted to change. My world taught me to be like this, to do my hustle and the cops come after me.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkana]

### Noun

cana f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of cană

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰanə/

### Etymology 1

According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (“puppy”) by transference.

#### Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)
* killer whale, orca, grampus
    Synonym: mada-chuain
* porpoise
    Synonyms: pèileag, puthag
* sturgeon
    Synonyms: bradan-sligeach, bradan-cearr
* Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanawū (compare Welsh cenau).

#### Noun

cana m
* puppy, whelp

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English can.

#### Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)
* can, tin
    Synonym: canastair

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cana”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page cana

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkana/ [ˈka.na]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: ca‧na

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cāna, feminine of cānus (“hoary”), or derived from the feminine of Spanish cano. Compare Portuguese cã.

#### Noun

cana f (plural canas)
* white or gray hair
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 166:Las canas se hacen más numerosas a medida que se les arranca.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Related terms

* canoso
* echar una cana al aire
* encanecer

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lunfardo [Term?], a slang term for police.

#### Noun

cana f (uncountable)
* (colloquial, Rioplatense, Bolivia) police force, police department
** 1972, Osvaldo Guglielmino, Las leguas amargas:Que nos callásemos, que va a mandar a la policía. -¡La policía no ! -dice Azucena- ¡ Rajemos chicas , que viene la cana ... !(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (vulgar, Rioplatense, Andes, Colombia) jail, prison

#### Noun

cana m or f by sense (plural canas)
* (colloquial, Rioplatense) police officer

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

cana
* feminine singular of cano

### Further reading

* “cana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### References

* ↑ Lipski, John (1994): Latin American Spanish, p. 176
* ↑ Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment (2018)
* ↑ While the City Sleeps: A History of Pistoleros, Policemen, and the Crime Beat in Buenos Aires Before Perón, p. 117

### Anagrams

* anca

## Venetan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

cana f (plural cane)
* tube
* pipe

#### Derived terms

* canón (“tube, cannon”)
** → Cimbrian: kanuun

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* cân (literary, third-person singular present/future; literary, second-person singular imperative)
* canaf (first-person singular future)

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈkana/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈkaːna/, /ˈkana/
* Rhymes: -ana

### Verb

cana
* inflection of canu:
** first-person singular future colloquial
** third-person singular present indicative/future literary
** second-person singular imperative

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.