canu
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ˈkanɨ̞/, /ˈkaːni/
verb
Definitions
- to sing
- to intone, chant
- to state, say
- to produce musical sounds of instrument; to play or perform on instrument
- to compose poetry, celebrate in song
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd inherited from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (sing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (sing) suffix from Welsh cân (song).
Origin
Welsh (Colloquial)
cân
Gloss
song
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
歌, 唄
Emoji
🎵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canorous English
- concent English
- descant English
- disincentive English
- incentive English
- accentus Latin
- cano Latin
- canor Latin
- canorus Latin
- cantamen Latin
- canticum Latin
- cantillo Latin
- cantito Latin
- cantiōnem Latin
- canto Latin
- cantus Latin
- cantāre Latin
- cantāre, cantō, canto Latin
- cantō Latin
- ciconia Latin
- incantatio Latin
- incanto Latin
- incantāre Latin
- incantō Latin
- praecino Latin
- recantare Latin
- chanterelle French
- канюк Russian
- καναχέω Ancient Greek
- προσῳδία Ancient Greek
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *kekoh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- *hanô Proto-Germanic
- can Irish
- canadh Irish
- *kanjukъ Proto-Slavic
- خواندن Persian
- canwr Welsh
- cân Welsh
- datgan Welsh
- utganu Welsh
- canaid Old Irish
- doaurchain Old Irish
- focain Old Irish
- forcain Old Irish
- can Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *kaneti Proto-Celtic
- *kanati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kanō Proto-Italic
- vexwendin Northern Kurdish
- xwendin Northern Kurdish
- kana Breton
- *kėnɨd Proto-Brythonic
- canaff Middle Breton