"kana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kana.wav Forms: kana [plural], kanas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|仮名|かな|phonetic character|pos=literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values}} 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values) Head templates: {{en-noun|kana|s}} 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. Categories (topical): Japanese Translations (Japanese syllabaries): كَانَا (kānā) [feminine] (Arabic), ка́на (kána) [feminine] (Belarusian), ка́на (kána) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 假名 (jiǎmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), kana [feminine] (Czech), kana (Finnish), kana [masculine] (French), Kana [feminine] (German), κάνα (kána) [feminine] (Greek), קאנה (kána) [feminine] (Hebrew), काना (kānā) [masculine] (Hindi), 仮名 (kana) (alt: かな) (Japanese), 가나 (gana) (Korean), ка́на (kána) [feminine] (Macedonian), kana (Malay), काना (kānā) [masculine] (Marathi), кана (kana) (Mongolian), کانا (kânâ) (Persian), kana [feminine] (Polish), kana [masculine] (Portuguese), ка́на (kána) [feminine] (Russian), кана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kana [masculine] (Spanish), кана (kana) (Tajik), คะนะ (ká-ná) (Thai), ка́на (kána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کانا (kānā) (Urdu), kana (Vietnamese)
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  2. A hiragana or katakana character.
    Sense id: en-kana-en-noun-3O6o1KQV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: furigana, hiragana, kana-majiri, katakana, manyogana
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb|invariable}} kana (invariable)
  1. (Singapore, Singlish) Alternative form of kena Tags: Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable Alternative form of: kena
    Sense id: en-kana-en-verb-Yjet4H0j Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Singapore English, Singlish, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 5 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "furigana"
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      "word": "kana-majiri"
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      "word": "manyogana"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑːnə/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʰɑːnə]"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kana.wav",
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːnə"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "كَانَا"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ка́на"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎmíng",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "假名"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "kana"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קאנה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "काना"
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      "alt": "かな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "仮名"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "가나"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "काना"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "кана"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kânâ",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "کانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "кана"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "кана"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-ná",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "คะนะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "کانا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabaries",
      "word": "kana"
    }
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    "kana"
  ],
  "word": "kana"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "kena"
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}

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