"kan" meaning in Cornish

See kan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaːn/ Audio: LL-Q25289 (cor)-Gwikor Frank-kan.wav Forms: kanow [plural]
Etymology: From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân. Etymology templates: {{cog|br|kan}} Breton kan, {{cog|cy|cân}} Welsh cân Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|kanow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=f|head=}} kan f (plural kanow), {{kw-noun|f|r}} kan f (plural kanow)
  1. song Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kan-kw-noun-Y~dciQsF
  2. poem Tags: feminine Synonyms: bardhonek
    Sense id: en-kan-kw-noun-ZEnPb-g9 Categories (other): Poetry Disambiguation of Poetry: 36 50 8 3 3
  3. hit (song/record) Tags: feminine Synonyms: plasen
    Sense id: en-kan-kw-noun-fHiEXF1Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gwari kan (english: opera), hungan (english: lullaby), kan werin (english: folk song), kan-gulyek (english: cockcrow)

Verb

IPA: /kaːn/ Audio: LL-Q25289 (cor)-Gwikor Frank-kan.wav Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], kan [mutation, mutation-radical], gan [mutation, mutation-soft], han [mutation, mutation-aspirate], kan [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], kan [mutation, mutation-mixed]
Etymology: From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân. Etymology templates: {{cog|br|kan}} Breton kan, {{cog|cy|cân}} Welsh cân Head templates: {{head|kw|verb form}} kan
  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kana
    Sense id: en-kan-kw-verb-L821Y61g Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Music Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 2 70 23 Disambiguation of Music: 0 0 0 98 2
  2. second-person singular imperative of kana Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: kana
    Sense id: en-kan-kw-verb-iAdXilmU
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "opera",
      "translation": "opera",
      "word": "gwari kan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lullaby",
      "translation": "lullaby",
      "word": "hungan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "folk song",
      "translation": "folk song",
      "word": "kan werin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "cockcrow",
      "translation": "cockcrow",
      "word": "kan-gulyek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kana",
      "kana#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "kan",
      "kan#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cân",
      "cân#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cân"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cân",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kanow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "10": "kanow",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kan f (plural kanow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "kan f (plural kanow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "song"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-kw-noun-Y~dciQsF",
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 50 8 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Poetry",
          "orig": "kw:Poetry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poem"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-kw-noun-ZEnPb-g9",
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bardhonek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hit (song/record)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-kw-noun-fHiEXF1Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plasen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q25289 (cor)-Gwikor Frank-kan.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kana",
      "kana#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "kan",
      "kan#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cân",
      "cân#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kan"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cân"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cân",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "han",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "kan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 2 70 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "kw:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kana"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-kw-verb-L821Y61g",
      "links": [
        [
          "kana",
          "kana#Cornish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "kana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular imperative of kana"
      ],
      "id": "en-kan-kw-verb-iAdXilmU",
      "links": [
        [
          "kana",
          "kana#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q25289 (cor)-Gwikor Frank-kan.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}
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    "Cornish feminine nouns",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish non-lemma forms",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish verb forms",
    "Pages with 63 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs",
    "kw:Music",
    "kw:Poetry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "opera",
      "translation": "opera",
      "word": "gwari kan"
    },
    {
      "english": "lullaby",
      "translation": "lullaby",
      "word": "hungan"
    },
    {
      "english": "folk song",
      "translation": "folk song",
      "word": "kan werin"
    },
    {
      "english": "cockcrow",
      "translation": "cockcrow",
      "word": "kan-gulyek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "kana",
      "kana#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "kan",
      "kan#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cân",
      "cân#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "br",
        "2": "kan"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cân"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cân",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kanow",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{d2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "f4g": "",
        "f5g": "",
        "f6g": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kan f (plural kanow)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "r"
      },
      "expansion": "kan f (plural kanow)",
      "name": "kw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bardhonek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hit (song/record)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plasen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

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    "Cornish feminine nouns",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish non-lemma forms",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish verb forms",
    "Pages with 63 entries",
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    "Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yucatec Maya lemmas",
    "Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
    "Yucatec Maya verbs",
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    [
      "kana",
      "kana#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "kan",
      "kan#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cân",
      "cân#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kan"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cân"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh cân",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "han",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "kw",
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      },
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  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kana"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kana",
          "kana#Cornish"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "kana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular imperative of kana"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kana",
          "kana#Cornish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kaːn/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kan meaning in Cornish (4.4kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: kan/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'mutation-radical', 'mutation-soft', 'mutation-aspirate', 'mutation'}",
  "path": [
    "kan"
  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kan",
  "trace": ""
}

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