Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Noun

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cani m

  1. plural of cane

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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cani

  1. masculine plural of cano

Anagrams

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Kanakanabu

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Kanakanabu cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : cani

Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

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cani

  1. one

Latin

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Verb

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canī

  1. present passive infinitive of canō

Noun

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canī

  1. dative singular of canis

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cía (although, even if) +‎ (not).

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Particle

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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. 2c4
      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?

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Romanian

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Adverb

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cani

  1. Obsolete form of cam.

References

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

Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ni/
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ni

Noun

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cani m or f (plural cani)

  1. dog

Spanish

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Etymology

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Clipping of canijo, used as a form of address.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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)
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Venetan

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Noun

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cani m pl

  1. plural of can

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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cani

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of canu

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cani gani nghani chani
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.