cannolu
Sicilian
/kɐ̠nˈnɔː.lu̞/
noun
Definitions
- cannoli; a traditional Sicilian specialty pastry consisting of a tube filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and other flavorings, typically eaten as a dessert.
- (rare) little tube
Etymology
Suffix from Sicilian canna (tube) inherited from Latin cannula (a little tube, small low reed), canna (reed, cane, tube, canne, a reed) derived from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (reed, cane).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κᾰ́ννᾱ
Gloss
reed, cane
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canna English
- cannoli English
- cannula English
- kanyyli Finnish
- *cannūtus Latin
- *cannūtus, Latin
- canella Latin
- canistrum Latin
- canna Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- cannetum Latin
- canneus Latin
- cannula Latin
- Kanne German
- canna Italian
- cannelloni Italian
- cannone Italian
- cannula Italian
- canne French
- cannelle French
- canule French
- cañada Spanish, Castilian
- cañutillo Spanish, Castilian
- cañón Spanish, Castilian
- cánula Spanish, Castilian
- κάννα Ancient Greek
- κᾰ́ννᾱ Ancient Greek
- cana Portuguese
- caneca Portuguese
- *kannǭ Proto-Germanic
- cane Old French
- canele Old French
- canell Catalan, Valencian
- canya Catalan, Valencian
- cana Galician
- canado Galician
- canafrecha Galician
- cañoto Galician
- canură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Canna Translingual
- кана Bulgarian
- caña Asturian
- canna Old Spanish
- canna Sicilian
- cannoli Sicilian
- cana Venetian
- καννίον, κανίον gkm
- 𒄀 Akkadian