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canela.

cinnamon (spice from the cinnamon tree)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/kɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal

  1. cinnamon (spice from the cinnamon tree)

    feminine · uncountable

  2. shin (front part of the leg below the knee)

    colloquial · feminine

  3. any tree in the genus Ocotea

    Brazil · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Latin cannella Old Galician-Portuguese canela Portuguese canela Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canela, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

noun/kaˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/kɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal

  1. Canela (member of the Canela people)

    masculine

  2. Canela language

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Latin cannella Old Galician-Portuguese canela Portuguese canela Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canela, from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

verb/kaˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/kɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal

  1. inflection of canelar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of canelar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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