canna
English
/ˈkænə/
noun
Definitions
- Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin canna (reed, cane, tube, canne, a reed) derived from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (reed, cane) derived from Akkadian 𒄀 (reed) derived from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (reed).
Origin
Sumerian
𒄀𒈾
Gloss
reed
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cane English
- caneball English
- canebrake English
- canecutter English
- canefield English
- canefruit English
- canegrass English
- canegrub English
- caneland English
- caneless English
- canelike English
- caner English
- caneware English
- caneworking English
- cannoli English
- cany English
- dumbcane English
- recane English
- rivercane English
- *cannūtus Latin
- *cannūtus, Latin
- canella Latin
- canistrum Latin
- canna Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- cannetum Latin
- canneus Latin
- cannula Latin
- Kanne German
- canna Italian
- cannelloni Italian
- cannone Italian
- canne French
- cannelle French
- canaigre Spanish, Castilian
- cañada Spanish, Castilian
- cañutillo Spanish, Castilian
- cañón Spanish, Castilian
- κάννα Ancient Greek
- κᾰ́ννᾱ Ancient Greek
- κᾰνών Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- cana Portuguese
- caneca Portuguese
- *kannǭ Proto-Germanic
- cane Middle English
- قناة Arabic
- cane Old French
- canele Old French
- canell Catalan, Valencian
- canya Catalan, Valencian
- cana Galician
- canado Galician
- canafrecha Galician
- cañoto Galician
- Canna Translingual
- кана Bulgarian
- kejn Maltese
- caña Asturian
- canna Old Spanish
- canna Sicilian
- cannolu Sicilian
- cana Venetian
- καννίον, κανίον gkm
- קַנְיָא Aramaic
- ܩܢܝܐ Classical Syriac
- 𒄀 Akkadian
- 𒄀𒈾 Sumerian