canalicula

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.naˈliː.ku.la] === Noun === canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension A small channel, pipe or gutter. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (small channel, pipe or gutter): canāliculus (gutter-splint): canāliculus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: quella, quenlla Portuguese: quelha === References === “canalicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press