kana

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kana"

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kana

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

kana (plural kana or kanas)

1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
2. A hiragana or katakana character.

Related terms

• furigana
• hiragana
• kana-majiri
• katakana
• manyogana

Translations

Japanese syllabaries

Arabic: كَانَا (ar) f (kānā) Belarusian: ка́на f (kána) Bulgarian: ка́на (bg) f (kána) Chinese: Mandarin: 假名 (zh) (jiǎmíng) Czech: kana (cs) f Finnish: kana (fi) French: kana (fr) m German: Kana f Greek: κάνα (el) f (kána) Hebrew: קאנה f (kána) Hindi: काना (hi) m (kānā) Japanese: 仮名 (ja) (かな, kana) Korean: 가나 (ko) (gana) Macedonian: ка́на f (kána) Malay: kana (ms) Marathi: काना m (kānā) Mongolian: кана (kana) Persian: کانا (fa) (kânâ) Polish: kana (pl) f Portuguese: kana (pt) m Russian: ка́на (ru) f (kána) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кана f Roman: kana (sh) f Spanish: kana (es) m Tajik: кана (kana) Thai: คะนะ (ká-ná) Ukrainian: ка́на f (kána) Urdu: کانا (kānā) Vietnamese: kana (vi)

Etymology 2

Verb

kana (invariable)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative form of kena.

Anagrams

• Akan, knaa, naka

Apalaí

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kana (“fish”).

Noun

kana

1. fish

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kana/

Noun

kana (Bengali script কানা)

1. blind person

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanə/
• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese kana (“bangle, bracelet”).

Noun

kana (Balinese script ᬓᬦ)

1. bracelet

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कना (kanā, “girl”).

Noun

kana (Balinese script ᬓᬦᬵ)

1. girl

Bangi

Verb

kana

1. to decide

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkana/

Pronoun

kana

1. I

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton canaff, from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”) (compare Irish canadh), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Verb

kana

1. to sing

Mutation

Mutation of kana

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kana	gana	c'hana	unchanged	unchanged

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• na — short form, only used mid-sentence

Etymology

Initial "ka-" is shared with other demonstratives kari (“this”), kani (“this”) and kadto (“that”). Related to dinha (“there”), nganha (“hither”), anaa (“there be”), and anha (“to go”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Hiligaynon ina, Tagalog iyan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʔ/ [kɐˈn̪aʔ]

• Hyphenation: ka‧na

Adverb

kanâ

1. that (near the listener)

See also

Cebuano demonstrative pronouns

	direct*		indirect*		oblique	locative	allative	existential**		interjection**		manner**
	full	short	full	short				full	short	full	short	full	short
near speaker***	karí kirí	ri	niari niiri	ari iri	kan-ari† kan-iri†	dirí	ngarí	adia	dia	diará	dará	ingon ari	Ø
near speaker and listener***	kaní kiní	ni	niani niini	ani ini	kan-ani† kan-ini†	dinhi	nganhi	ania	nia	niará	Ø	ingon ani	ing-ani in-ani
near listener	kanâ	nà	nianà	anà	kan-anà†	dinhà dirâ	nganhà ngarâ	anaa	naa	naará	nará	ingon anà	ing-anà in-anà
remote	kadto kató	to	niadto niato	adto ato	kan-adto†	didto	ngadto	atua	tua	tuará	turá	ingon adto ingon ato	ing-ato in-ato

^† Archaic
* When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences.
** Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial.
*** These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano.

Chuukese

Determiner

kana

1. (possessive subject marker) those

Related terms

• ekkana

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish cane, from Proto-Brythonic *kėnɨd, from Proto-Celtic *kaneti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-. Cognate with Breton kana, Irish and Scottish Gaelic can, and Welsh canu.

Verb

kana

1. to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of kana

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	kanav	kenydh	kan	kenyn	kenowgh	kanons	kenir
	preterite	kenis	kensys	kanas	kensyn	kensowgh	kansons	kanas
	imperfect	kanen	kanes	kana	kanen	kanewgh	kanens	kenys
	pluperfect	kansen	kanses	kansa	kansen	kansewgh	kansens	kensys
subjunctive	present/future	kynniv	kynni	kanno	kynnyn	kynnowgh	kannons	kanner
	imperfect	kannen	kannes	kanna	kannen	kannewgh	kannens	kynnys
imperative		-	kan	kanes	kenyn	kanewgh	kanens	-
non-finite forms		present participle		ow kana	verbal adjective		kenys

Derived terms

• kan (“song, poem”)

Mutation

Mutation of kana

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kana	gana	hana	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkana]

Verb

kana

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kanout

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Finnish kana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑ/, [ˈkɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ

Noun

kana (genitive kana, partitive kana)

1. chicken
2. (specifically) hen

Declension

Declension of kana (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kana	kanad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kana
genitive			kanade
partitive		kana	kanu kanasid
illative		kanna kanasse	kanadesse kanusse
inessive		kanas	kanades kanus
elative		kanast	kanadest kanust
allative		kanale	kanadele kanule
adessive		kanal	kanadel kanul
ablative		kanalt	kanadelt kanult
translative		kanaks	kanadeks kanuks
terminative		kanani	kanadeni
essive		kanana	kanadena
abessive		kanata	kanadeta
comitative		kanaga	kanadega

Derived terms

• kanamuna

See also

• kukk

References

• “kana”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *kani, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Verb

kana

1. to eat (consume)

Noun

kana

1. meal