kana

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • chicken (domestic fowl of species Gallus gallus, )
  • hen (female chicken)
  • chicken (meat from this bird eaten as food)
  • (taxonomy) gallinaceous (when used as modifier in some compound terms)
  • (derogatory) An unintelligent, talkative woman.
  • (archaic) woman, sweetheart

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kana derived from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (hen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (sing), *keh₂n- (sing).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂n-

Gloss

sing

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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