canna

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkænə/
• Rhymes: -ænə

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

Wikispecies

canna (plural cannas)

1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 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.

Borrowed from Scots cannae.

canna

1. (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.

Borrowed from Italian canna. Doublet of cane.

canna (plural cannas)

1. (historical) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

• Canan

• Homophones: cannas, cannât

canna

1. third-person singular past historic of canner

From Middle Irish cann, canna (“can, vessel”), borrowed from Old English canne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan̪ˠə/

canna m (genitive singular canna, nominative plural cannaí)

1. can

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “canna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “canna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “canna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: càn‧na

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

canna f (plural canne)

1. cane
2. barrel (of a gun)

   canna cilidrica ― cylindrical barrel

3. (fishing) rod

   canna da pesca ― fishing rod

4. tube, pipe (on a pump organ or a trachea)

   canne dell'organo ― organ pipes

5. chute
6. (slang) joint

   Synonym: spinello

7. (historical) traditional unit of measure

• → English: canna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

canna

1. inflection of cannare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• cyaan

From English cannot.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanə/
• Hyphenation: ca‧nna

canna

1. (rare) Alternative form of cyaan.
   • 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 web-site 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. […] ”

   Nobody canna cross it.

   Nobody can cross it.

   (literally, “Nobody cannot cross it.”)

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/, [ˈkänːä]

canna f (genitive cannae); first declension

1. A reed, cane.

   Synonyms: calamus, harundō

2. (by extension) Anything made of reed or cane; reed-pipe, flute; gondola; windpipe.

   Synonyms: harundō, tībia

First-declension noun.

• “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, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

canna f (plural cannas)

1. Obsolete spelling of cana

can +‎ -na

canna

1. Orkney form of cannae (“cannot”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːn.nɐ̠/, [ˈkäːn̺.n̺ɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: càn‧na

canna f (plural canni)

1. reed, stick, rattan; a cane, rod, instrument, or other item made out of such material
2. barrel (as of a gun or cannon)
3. tube, pipe (as on a pump organ or a trachea)

   canna d'organu ― organ pipe

• cannolu, cannoli
• cannuolu, cannuoli

canna

1. can not
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 8:

     and whilke we canna zei, albeit o' 'Governere,' 'Statesman,' an alike.

     and for which we have no words but of 'Governor,' 'Statesman,' &c.

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 114