canapa
Classical Nahuatl
Adverb
canapa
- Alternative spelling of canahpa
Italian
una pianta di canapa – a hemp plant
Alternative forms
- canape (archaic)
Etymology
From Late Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of the borrowing cannabis. Compare Sicilian cànnavu and English canvas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.na.pa/
- Rhymes: -anapa
- Hyphenation: cà‧na‧pa
Noun
canapa f (plural canape)
- (uncountable) hemp (Cannabis sativa)
- a hemp plant
- (collective) the fibers of the hemp plant
- a fabric made from the hemp fibers
Derived terms
- canapa acquatica
- canapa del Canada
- canapa di Manila
- canapa indiana
- canapo
See also
- cannabis
Further reading
- canapa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkänäpä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.pa/, [ˈkäːnäpä]
Noun
canapa f (genitive canapae); first declension
- (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) hemp
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | canapa | canapae |
| Genitive | canapae | canapārum |
| Dative | canapae | canapīs |
| Accusative | canapam | canapās |
| Ablative | canapā | canapīs |
| Vocative | canapa | canapae |
Descendants
- Eastern Romance
- Aromanian: cãnipã
- Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
- Romanian: cânepă
- Friulian: cjanaipe
- Lombard: canav
- Piedmontese: càuna, cànua
- Italian: canapa
- Italian: canapa
- → early Albanian: *kanëp
- Gheg Albanian: kanp
- Tosk Albanian: kërp
References
- canapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)