kanja

kanja

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんじゃ

 

• kańa (obsolete)

From Proto-Slavic *kaňa (“buzzard”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kanja, Polish kania, Czech káně, Slovene kanja, and Belarusian каня (kanja).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanʲa/

kanja f

1. (Western) marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kańa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kanja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From English ganja (“weed/pot”), from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

kanja

1. (New Tiwi) cannabis, marijuana

   Synonym: wupunga

• English — Tiwi Dictionary — Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (AuSIL)