"canú" meaning in Irish

See canú in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from English canoe, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa. Etymology templates: {{bor|ga|en|canoe}} English canoe, {{der|ga|es|canoa}} Spanish canoa, {{der|ga|tnq|*kanowa||dugout canoe}} Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), {{der|ga|awd-pro|*kanawa}} Proto-Arawak *kanawa Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|canú|||||||nominative plural|canúnna|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna), {{ga-noun|m|-|canúnna}} canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: canú [genitive, singular], canúnna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], canú [indefinite, nominative, singular], canúnna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chanú [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chanúnna [indefinite, plural, vocative], canú [genitive, indefinite, singular], canúnna [genitive, indefinite, plural], canú [dative, indefinite, singular], canúnna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an canú [definite, nominative, singular], na canúnna [definite, nominative, plural], an chanú [definite, genitive, singular], na gcanúnna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcanú [dative, definite, singular], don chanú [dative, definite, singular], leis na canúnna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], canú [error-unrecognized-form], chanú [error-unrecognized-form], gcanú [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. canoe Tags: masculine Synonyms: báidín
    Sense id: en-canú-ga-noun-biOvNXqf Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Watercraft
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      "word": "báidín"
    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for canú meaning in Irish (3.8kB)

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