Canuck
English
/kə.ˈnʌk/
noun
Definitions
- (Canada) A Canadian, sometimes especially a French Canadian.
- The French-Canadian dialect.
- (rare) A thing from Canada.
- (US) A Canadian pony or horse.
- (ice hockey) A member of the professional NHL ice hockey team.
- The fighter-interceptor.
Etymology
Derived from Hawaiian kanaka (person, man).
Origin
Hawaiian
kanaka
Gloss
person, man
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
🏃 👤 👥 👦 👧 👨 👩 👯 👰 👲 👴 👵 👶 💃 💆 💇 🕴️ 🕺 🗣️ 🚶 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ 🛌 🤵 🧑 🧑🍼 🧑🤝🧑 🧑🦰 🧑🦱 🧑🦲 🧑🦳 🧒 🧓 🧔 🧗 🧘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Canada English
- Canuckese English
- Canuckiana English
- Canuckistan English
- Canuckistani English
- Canuckistanian English
- Canuckland English
- Canuxploitation English
- Kanak English
- kanaka English
- land English
- Kanake German
- Canada French
- canaque French
- canaque Portuguese
- kanaka Tok Pisin
- kanaka Hawaiian
- *taŋata Proto-Polynesian
- kanata Laurentian