kano

Ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).

kano (plural kanos)

1. (Philippines, slang) A male American.

• KAON, Kona, NKAO, kaon, koan, kōan

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa. The current spelling and pronunciation is likely influenced by French canot.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.noː/

• kano

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ka‧no
• Rhymes: -aːnoː

kano m (plural kano's, diminutive kanootje n)

1. canoe (a small long and narrow boat)

• kanoën
• kanovaren

• Negerhollands: kanoe
• → Arawak: kano

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kánnā), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm). Compare Italian canna, French canne, English cane.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkano]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ka‧no

kano (accusative singular kanon, plural kanoj, accusative plural kanojn)

1. reed, cane
   • 1907, Kabe, chapter 21, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:

     Kiel ventego de la dezerto vi falis, kie oni ne atendis vin; kaj kiel la bovo rompas kanon tiel vi frakasis la blindigitan malamikon.

     Like the desert storm you fell where not expected; as the cow breaks reed, so you shattered the blinded enemy.

2. cane (rod-shaped tool or device)

• sukerkano

• junko

From Spanish canoa, from Taíno kanoa (“dugout canoe”).

kano f (genitive singular kanoar, plural kanoir)

1. canoe (a small long and narrow boat)

kano

1. Rōmaji transcription of かの

From Proto-Polynesian *kano, from Proto-Oceanic *kanon (“flesh; kernel”). Compare Hawaiian ʻano.

kano

1. color, pigment, hue, sort, kind
2. seed, bean, grain, ovule

• “kano” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From a Caribbean language, via Spanish canoa.

kano m (definite singular kanoen, indefinite plural kanoer, definite plural kanoene)

1. a canoe (small long and narrow boat)

• “kano” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From a Caribbean language, via Spanish canoa.

kano m (definite singular kanoen, indefinite plural kanoar, definite plural kanoane)

1. a canoe

• “kano” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French canot.

kano (definite accusative kanoyu, plural kanolar)

1. canoe