cani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cani"

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: cà‧ni

Etymology 1

Noun

cani m

1. plural of cane

Etymology 2

Adjective

cani

1. masculine plural of cano

Anagrams

• Cina, Nicà, acni, inca

Kanakanabu

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : cani

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

cani

1. one

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ni]

Verb

canī

1. present passive infinitive of canō

Noun

canī

1. dative singular of canis

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cain, caini, can, cini

Etymology

From cía (“although, even if”) +‎ ní (“not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ni/

Particle

cani

1. particle introducing a question that expects the answer “yes”
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2^c4

     Cain ro·noíbad Abracham tri hiris? In tree ǽm didiu fa nacc?

     Hasn’t Abraham been sanctified through faith? Through it then indeed or not?

Derived terms

• cainip
• cenita

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cani”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 465, page 292; reprinted 2017

Romanian

Adverb

cani

1. obsolete form of cam

References

• cani in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ni/

• Audio (Eastern Sicilian):

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• Hyphenation: cà‧ni

Noun

cani m or f (plural cani)

1. dog

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of canijo, used as a form of address.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkani/ [ˈka.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ca‧ni

Noun

cani m (plural canis, feminine choni, feminine plural chonis)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Spain) chav, townie/towny (working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle)

   Synonym: poligonero

   Antonyms: pijo, cayetano

   • 2013, “Llamando a las puertas del cielo”, performed by Nega:

     Y mientras el progre de izquierda panoli / Criminaliza al cani pero se pajea pensando en la choni

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• chandalero

Venetan

Noun

cani m pl

1. plural of can

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ceni (literary)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːni/, /ˈkani/

Verb

cani

1. second-person singular future colloquial of canu

Mutation

Mutated forms of cani

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cani	gani	nghani	chani

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.