# kanna
## English
### Noun

kanna (uncountable)
* Sceletium tortuosum, a Southern African succulent with psychoactive properties.
* Platysace cirrosa, a Western Australian perennial herb.
* Caroxylon aphyllum, a shrub.

### Anagrams

* Kanan

## Antillean Creole
### Etymology

From French canard.

### Noun

kanna
* duck

## Estonian
### Noun

kanna
* illative singular of kana

## Faroese
### Etymology

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).

### Noun

kanna f (genitive singular kannu, plural kannur)
* can
* 4 litre

#### Declension
### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑnːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: kan‧na

#### Noun

kanna
* canna lily (any plant of the genus Canna); (in the plural) the genus Canna

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kanna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kannani
kannani
accusative
nom.
kannani
kannani
gen.
kannani
genitive
kannani
kannojeni kannaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kannaani
kannojani
inessive
kannassani
kannoissani
elative
kannastani
kannoistani
illative
kannaani
kannoihini
adessive
kannallani
kannoillani
ablative
kannaltani
kannoiltani
allative
kannalleni
kannoilleni
essive
kannanani
kannoinani
translative
kannakseni
kannoikseni
abessive
kannattani
kannoittani
instructive
comitative
—kannoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kannasi
kannasi
accusative
nom.
kannasi
kannasi
gen.
kannasi
genitive
kannasi
kannojesi kannaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kannaasi
kannojasi
inessive
kannassasi
kannoissasi
elative
kannastasi
kannoistasi
illative
kannaasi
kannoihisi
adessive
kannallasi
kannoillasi
ablative
kannaltasi
kannoiltasi
allative
kannallesi
kannoillesi
essive
kannanasi
kannoinasi
translative
kannaksesi
kannoiksesi
abessive
kannattasi
kannoittasi
instructive
comitative
—kannoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kannamme
kannamme
accusative
nom.
kannamme
kannamme
gen.
kannamme
genitive
kannamme
kannojemme kannaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kannaamme
kannojamme
inessive
kannassamme
kannoissamme
elative
kannastamme
kannoistamme
illative
kannaamme
kannoihimme
adessive
kannallamme
kannoillamme
ablative
kannaltamme
kannoiltamme
allative
kannallemme
kannoillemme
essive
kannanamme
kannoinamme
translative
kannaksemme
kannoiksemme
abessive
kannattamme
kannoittamme
instructive
comitative
—kannoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kannanne
kannanne
accusative
nom.
kannanne
kannanne
gen.
kannanne
genitive
kannanne
kannojenne kannainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kannaanne
kannojanne
inessive
kannassanne
kannoissanne
elative
kannastanne
kannoistanne
illative
kannaanne
kannoihinne
adessive
kannallanne
kannoillanne
ablative
kannaltanne
kannoiltanne
allative
kannallenne
kannoillenne
essive
kannananne
kannoinanne
translative
kannaksenne
kannoiksenne
abessive
kannattanne
kannoittanne
instructive
comitative
—kannoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kannansa
kannansa
accusative
nom.
kannansa
kannansa
gen.
kannansa
genitive
kannansa
kannojensa kannainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kannaansa
kannojaan kannojansa
inessive
kannassaan kannassansa
kannoissaan kannoissansa
elative
kannastaan kannastansa
kannoistaan kannoistansa
illative
kannaansa
kannoihinsa
adessive
kannallaan kannallansa
kannoillaan kannoillansa
ablative
kannaltaan kannaltansa
kannoiltaan kannoiltansa
allative
kannalleen kannallensa
kannoilleen kannoillensa
essive
kannanaan kannanansa
kannoinaan kannoinansa
translative
kannakseen kannaksensa
kannoikseen kannoiksensa
abessive
kannattaan kannattansa
kannoittaan kannoittansa
instructive
comitative
—kannoineen kannoinensa :

#### Further reading

* “kanna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑnːɑˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝nːɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: kan‧na

#### Verb

kanna
* inflection of kantaa:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* ankan, kanan

## Greenlandic
### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /kanna/, [kən.na]

### Pronoun

kanna (demonstrative) (plural kakku)
* down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.

#### 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”)

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French canard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kãna/

### Noun

kanna
* duck

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒnːɒ]
* Hyphenation: kan‧na
* Rhymes: -nɒ

### Noun

kanna (plural kannák)
* can, pot, kettle, jug
    Synonyms: kancsó, korsó, köcsög

#### Derived terms

* kannaporc
* kávéskanna
* locsolókanna
* teáskanna

### References

* ↑ kanna in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kanna in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰanːa/
* Rhymes: -anːa

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kanna.

#### Noun

kanna f (genitive singular könnu, nominative plural könnur)
* jug, a pitcher
* (of coffee) a pot
    Synonym: kaffikanna

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kannaði, supine kannað)
* to explore, to delve [with accusative]
* to investigate, to look into [with accusative]

##### Derived terms

* kannast
* kannast við
* könnuður

## Japanese
### Romanization

kanna
* Rōmaji transcription of かんな

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* kannen

### Noun

kanna m or f
* definite feminine singular of kanne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kanna f (definite singular kanna, indefinite plural kanner or kannor, definite plural kannene or kannone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of kanne
* definite singular of kanne

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.

### Noun

kanna f (genitive kǫnnu, plural kǫnnur)
* a can, tankard

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kanna
* Faroese: kanna
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kanne
* Norwegian Bokmål: kanne
* Old Swedish: kanna
** Swedish: kanna
** → Finnish: kannu
** → Estonian: kann
* Danish: kande
* → Norman: canne; cannette (Jersey)

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kanna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse kanna.

### Noun

kanna c
* a (large) vessel with a handle and spout; a jug, a pot
** a can (of various containers, like watering cans, milk cans (even when having no spout), and oil cans)
* (historical) an old Scandinavian unit of fluid measure, in Sweden equal to 2.617 litres (1/10 cubic foot, when the Swedish foot was 0.297 metres)
    Till 8 liter (3 kannor) lingon tages [old-fashioned, now more likely används (“is used”) or the like] 4 liter (en och en halv kanna) vattenFor 8 liters (3 jugs) of lingonberries, take 4 liters (one and a half jug) of water
* a piston (in the cylinder of an engine or pump)
    [old-fashioned language] Om rök uttränger ur cylindern, sluter ej kannan tätt tillIf smoke emerges from the cylinder, the piston does not fit tight

#### Usage notes

* A pot as in a cooking vessel is a gryta or kastrull.
* A pot as in for example a flower pot is a kruka.

#### Derived terms

* dryckeskanna
* gräddkanna (“creamer, cream jug”)
* kaffekanna (“coffee pot”)
* mjölkkanna (“milk jug; milk can, milk churn”)
* oljekanna (“oil can”)
* smörjkanna (“oil can”)
* tekanna (“teapot”)
* vattenkanna (“watering can”)

#### See also

* gryta (“pot (cooking vessel)”)
* kruka (“pot (for example for growing a plant in)”)
* tillbringare (“pitcher, jug”)

### Further reading

* kanna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* kanna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* ankan, kanan, nakna