kanā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kana"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kana, from Proto-Germanic *hanô. Cognates include Finnish kana and Estonian kana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑː/, [ˈkɑnɑː]

Noun

kanā

chicken; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kanā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
  kakš kannõ
  two chickens
  
  mitīdtõ kannõ
  not a single chicken
  
  ta um nemē kanā pakkiļis
  he is like a chicken in tow
  
  ta pidāb kaņḑi
  he keeps chickens

Declension

Declension of **kanā** (18)
	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kanā	kanād
genitive (genitīv)	kanā	kanād
partitive (partitīv)	ka’nnõ	ka’ņḑi
dative (datīv)	kanān	kanādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kanāks	kanādõks
illative (illatīv)	ka’nnõ	ka’ņži
inessive (inesīv)	kanās	ka’ņši
elative (elatīv)	kanāst	ka’ņšti

References

Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kanā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra