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Kana

//ˈkɑːnə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Japanese.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A gewog of Dagana District, Bhutan.
Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    A hiragana or katakana character.
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of kena. Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 2

Borrowed from Japanese 香菜 (Kana).

Etymology 3

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Czech Káňa, a variant of Kan. * Borrowed from Tamil கனா (kaṉā); this surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dzongkha བཀར་ན་ (bkar na).

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