# canna
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkænə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænə

### Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Cognates Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā), Classical Syriac ܩܢܝܐ (qanya), and English canon, cannon, canal, and channel. Doublet of cane and kaneh.

#### Noun

canna (plural cannas)
* Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
    Synonym: canna lily
** 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 7:A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.
** 2007 January 18, Anne Raver, “Is It Spring? Winter? What’s a Flower to Think?”, in New York Times‎:Still, some of Mr. Cooper’s tender salvias are wintering over, and he plans to leave a few clumps of cannas in the ground next fall.

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Canna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Canna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots cannae.

#### Contraction

canna
* (Scotland, Cumbria, Jamaica) Contraction of can not: cannot.
** 1966, “The Naked Time”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Scotty (James Doohan):I canna' change the laws of physics.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane and kaneh.

#### Noun

canna (plural cannas)
* (historical) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

### Etymology 4

Clipping of cannabis.

#### Noun

canna (uncountable)
* (slang, in combination) Clipping of cannabis.
** 2022 April 20, Brianna Wheeler, “The Five Best Cannabis Accessories Created by Local Femme-Identifying Artisans”, in Willamette Week, volume 48, number 24, Portland, OR: City of Roses Media Company, page 17:No high holiday is complete without an appropriate spread of canna-accessories—and we’re talking about more than just a glasstastic collection of pipes and bowls.

##### Derived terms

* cannamom

### Anagrams

* Canan

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: cannas, cannât

### Verb

canna
* third-person singular past historic of canner

## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cann, canna (“can, vessel”), borrowed from Old English canne, from Proto-West Germanic *kannā, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan̪ˠə/, /ˈkɑn̪ˠə/

### Noun

canna m (genitive singular canna, nominative plural cannaí)
* can

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
canna
cannaí
vocative
a channa
a channaí
genitive
canna
cannaí
dative
canna
cannaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an canna
na cannaí
genitive
an channa
na gcannaí
dative
leis an gcanna don channa
leis na cannaí :

#### Derived terms

* ar na cannaí
* canna adhmaid
* canna bainne
* canna bealaithe
* canna breosla
* canna cláir
* canna ola
* canna spraeála
* canna spréite
* canna stáin
* canna tae
* canna uisce

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN
* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 797, page 455
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canna”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “canna”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan.na/
* Rhymes: -anna
* Hyphenation: càn‧na

### Etymology 1

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

#### Noun

canna f (plural canne)
* cane
* barrel (of a gun)
    canna cilindrica ― cylindrical barrel
* (fishing) rod
    canna da pesca ― fishing rod
* tube, pipe (on a pump organ or a trachea)
    canne dell'organo ― organ pipes
* chute
* (slang) joint
    Synonym: spinello
* (historical) traditional unit of measure

##### Derived terms

* canna da pesca (“fishing rod”)
* canna fumaria (“flue, chimney”)
* canna metrica (“measuring rod”)
* cannone

##### Related terms

* cannaio
* cannareccione
* cannata
* cannella
* cannello
* canneto
* cannista
* cannolo
* cannone
* cannuccia
* monocanna
* multicanna
* pluricanna
* scannare
* tracannare

##### Descendants

* → English: canna

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

canna
* inflection of cannare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Jamaican Creole
### Alternative forms

* cyaan

### Etymology

From English cannot or Scots cannae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanə/
* Hyphenation: ca‧nna

### Verb

canna
* (rare) Alternative form of cyaan.
    Nobody canna cross it.Nobody can cross it.(literally, “Nobody cannot cross it.”)
** 2013, Axel Bohmann, “Nobody canna cross it: An interactional perspective on discourse in motion”, in The University of Texas at Austin, Department of English‎ (in English), page 4:“Cues on various levels of linguistic description suggested that he was attempting to speak ‘proper English’ for the camera while at the same time clearly lacking the linguistic competence to do so. The interview with Brown became famous when Jamaican DJ Kevin Hamilton (’DJ Powa’) remixed samples from it over an electronic beat and published the result on the video-sharing website Youtube. The music video went viral and sparked a wave of subsequent interviews, parodies and meta-linguistic commentary. The title of the song – “Nobody canna cross it” – has become emblematic of this entire phenomenon. […] ”

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”). Compare Biblical Hebrew קָנֶה (qané), Aramaic קַנְיָא (qanyā) or ܩܲܢܝܵܐ (qanyā) and Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܝܳܐ (qanyo).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]

### Noun

canna f (genitive cannae); first declension
* A reed, cane.
    Synonyms: calamus, harundō
* (by extension) Anything made of reed or cane; reed-pipe, flute; gondola; windpipe.
    Synonyms: harundō, tībia

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* canālis
* cannamella
* cannētum
* canneus
* cannula

#### Related terms

* canālicula
* canāliculātus
* canāliculus
* canāliēnsis

#### Descendants

* Gallo-Italic
** Romagnol: câna
* Italo-Dalmatian
** Italian: canna
*** → English: canna
** Sicilian: canna
* Old French: cane
** French: canne
** Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
** → Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanne
*** English: cane
*** Scots: cane
* Old Occitan:
** Catalan: canya
** Occitan: cana
* Venetan: cana
* West Iberian
** Asturian: caña
** Old Galician-Portuguese: cana, canna
*** Galician: cana
*** Portuguese: cana (see there for further descendants)
** Old Spanish: canna
*** Spanish: caña
* → Albanian: kanë
* → English: canna

### References

* “canna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “canna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "canna", 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)
* canna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* canna in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

## Portuguese
### Noun

canna f (plural cannas)
* Obsolete spelling of cana.

## Scots
### Etymology

can +‎ -na

### Verb

canna
* Orkney form of cannae (“cannot”)

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkäːn̺.n̺ɑ̝]
* Audio (Eastern Sicilian):(file)
* Hyphenation: càn‧na

### Noun

canna f (plural canni)
* reed, stick, rattan; a cane, rod, instrument, or other item made out of such material
* barrel (as of a gun or cannon)
* tube, pipe (as on a pump organ or a trachea)
    canna d'organu ― organ pipe

#### Derived terms

* cannolu, cannoli
* cannuolu, cannuoli

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English can + na (“not”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkanə/

### Contraction

canna
* can not
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 7-9:and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 5:Wu canna baar to gow aveel,We cannot bear to go abroad,
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 9:Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,We cannot go to the Island fair,
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 13:Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,We cannot go to the chapel gate

### References

* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
* 1 2 3 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland