kanin

See also: känin

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German kanīn, konīn from Old French connil, connin, from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”). Compare also Norwegian kanin, Swedish kanin, German Kaninchen, and Dutch konijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰaˈniˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

kanin c (singular definite kaninen, plural indefinite kaniner)

1. rabbit

Declension

Declension of kanin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kanin	kaninen	kaniner	kaninerne
genitive	kanins	kaninens	kaniners	kaninernes

References

• “kanin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kanin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Finnish

Noun

kanin

1. genitive singular of kani

Anagrams

• inkan, kinan, nakin

Malay

Etymology

From English canine, from Latin caninus (“of the dog, dog-like”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kanen/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kanɪn/
• Rhymes: -anen, -nen, -en

Adjective

kanin (Jawi spelling کانين)

1. canine (pertaining to dogs)

Noun

kanin (Jawi spelling کانين, plural kanin-kanin, informal 1st possessive kaninku, 2nd possessive kaninmu, 3rd possessive kaninnya)

1. canine (dog or wolf)

Further reading

• “kanin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German kanīn, konīn, from Old French connin, connil, from Latin cuniculus.

Noun

kanin m (definite singular kaninen, indefinite plural kaniner, definite plural kaninene)

1. a rabbit (mammal)

Derived terms

• forsøkskanin
• hybelkanin

References

• “kanin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German kanīn, konīn, from Old French connin, connil, from Latin cuniculus.

Noun

kanin m (definite singular kaninen, indefinite plural kaninar, definite plural kaninane)

1. a rabbit (mammal)

Derived terms

• forsøkskanin
• hybelkanin

References

• “kanin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en kanin som ser ut som ett lejon [a rabbit that looks like a lion]

Etymology

From Middle Low German kanīn, konīn, from Old French connin, connil, from Latin cuniculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaniːn/

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Noun

kanin c

1. a rabbit

   Han klappade den gulliga kaninen

   He petted the cute rabbit

   Mina kaniner gillar morötter och att skutta runt

   My rabbits like carrots and hopping around

   Kaninen knaprade på en morot

   The rabbit nibbled on a carrot

2. (slang) one million kronor

Declension

Declension of kanin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kanin	kanins
	definite	kaninen	kaninens
plural	indefinite	kaniner	kaniners
	definite	kaninerna	kaninernas

Derived terms

• försökskanin
• kaninavel
• kaninbur
• kaninfarm
• kaningård
• kaninhål
• kaninhåla
• kaninkött
• kaninmössa
• kaninpest
• kaninpäls
• kaninskinn
• kaninsvält
• kaninunge

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: kaniini, kani

See also

• knapra (“nibble”)

References

• kanin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kanin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• Slangopedia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• canin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Southern-Philippine *kaʔən-ən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən-ən (“be eaten by someone; cooked rice”). Equivalent to the syncopic form of kainin (“thing to be eaten”), from kain. Compare Yami kanen, Ilocano kanen, Kapampangan kanan, Bikol Central kaonon, Cebuano kan-on, Hiligaynon kan-on, Tausug kaunun, and Paiwan kanen.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkanin/ [ˈkaː.n̪ɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -anin
• Syllabification: ka‧nin

Noun

kanin (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. cooked rice

   Synonyms: sinaing, morisketa, (obsolete) maluto

2. (obsolete) food; viand

   Synonym: pagkain

Derived terms

• alilang-kanin
• bahay-kanin
• hindi kaning isusubo
• kakanin
• kaning lamig
• kaning-baboy
• magkanin
• makikanin
• sundalong kanin

 

See also

• bigas
• pagkain
• palay
• ulam

 

Verb

kanin (complete kinain, progressive kinakain, contemplative kakanin, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Archaic form of kainin.
   • 1905, Ang Dating Biblia, Kawikaan 23:6:

     Huwag mong kanin ang tinapay niya na may masamang mata, ni nasain mo man ang kaniyang mga masarap na pagkain.

     Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;

   • 1905, Ang Dating Biblia, Marcos 14:14:

     At kanilang kakanin ang laman sa gabing yaon, na inihaw sa apoy, at tinapay na walang lebadura, kakanin nilang kaulam ng mapapait na gulay.

     That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.

   • 1905, Ang Dating Biblia, Mateo 6:31:

     Kaya huwag kayong mangabalisa, na mangagsabi, Ano ang aming kakanin? o, Ano ang aming iinumin? o, Ano ang aming daramtin?

     So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

Derived terms

• pakakanin
• pakanin

 

References

• “kanin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 173: “Comida) Canin (pp) es propiamẽte morisq̃ta, aũq̃ ya ſe toma por todo jenero de comida guiſada”
  • page 405: “Manjar) Canin (pp) tomaſe ya por todo jenero de guiſado”
  • page 599: “Vianda) Canin (pp) o comida ordinaria”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaen”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI