caña
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- cane plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane
- reed any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water
- slim, cylindrical type of glass, used to serve beer
- glass of beer
- (Chile) hangover illness caused by a previous bout of alcohol drinking
- (anatomy) shank part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
Etymology
Derived from Old Spanish canna derived from Latin canna (reed, cane, tube, canne, a reed) derived from Ancient Greek κάννα (reed) 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
- canna English
- cannoli English
- *cannūtus Latin
- *cannūtus, Latin
- canalicius Latin
- canalicula Latin
- canaliculatus Latin
- canaliculus Latin
- canaliensis Latin
- canalis Latin
- canella Latin
- canistrum Latin
- canna Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- canne Latin
- cannetum Latin
- canneus Latin
- cannula Latin
- canālis Latin
- Kanne German
- canna Italian
- cannelloni Italian
- cannone Italian
- canne French
- cannelle French
- canaigre Spanish, Castilian
- cañada Spanish, Castilian
- cañita Spanish, Castilian
- cañutillo Spanish, Castilian
- cañón Spanish, Castilian
- κάναστρον Ancient Greek
- κάννα Ancient Greek
- κᾰ́ννᾱ Ancient Greek
- κᾰνών Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- cana Portuguese
- caneca Portuguese
- *kannǭ Proto-Germanic
- cane Old French
- canele Old French
- canell Catalan, Valencian
- canya Catalan, Valencian
- canyella Catalan, Valencian
- cana Galician
- canado Galician
- canafrecha Galician
- caña Galician
- cañoto Galician
- Canna Translingual
- кана Bulgarian
- caña Asturian
- canna Old Spanish
- canna Sicilian
- cannolu Sicilian
- cana Venetian
- καννίον, κανίον gkm
- קַנְיָא Aramaic
- ܩܢܝܐ Classical Syriac
- 𒄀 Akkadian
- 𒄀𒈾 Sumerian