kanep

== Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latvian kaņepe. The plant name borrowed from Latvian is a Wanderwort known in many languages, for example Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς f (kánnăbĭs), Russian конопля́ f (konopljá), Bulgarian коно́п m (konóp), German Hanf m, Swedish hampa c, Albanian kërp m, Georgian კანაფი (ḳanapi), Armenian կանեփ (kanepʻ), Turkish kenevir, kendir, Persian کنب (kanab), Arabic قِنَّب m (qinnab) and Akkadian 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 (kunibu). From various sources the root has also been borrowed into many Finno-Ugric languages, for example Finnish hamppu, Erzya кансть (kansť), Moksha каньф (kańf), Eastern Mari кыне (kyńe) and Komi-Zyrian кӧнтусь (köntuś). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑnep/, [ˈkɑnepˑ] Rhymes: -ɑnep Hyphenation: ka‧nep === Noun === kanep (genitive kanepi, partitive kanepit) cannabis, hemp (Cannabis) A tall annual herbaceous plant grown for fibre and oil, with long-rotate leafy pinnae. (Cannabis sativa) Eestis kasvatatakse kanepit vähe. ― Hemp cultivation is low in Estonia. Dried hemp stalks; the fibre obtained therefrom. A drug made from Cannabis indica, hashish. Mõnes riigis on kanep legaliseeritud. ― Some countries have legalized cannabis. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kanepine ==== Compounds ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ingrian: (dialectal) kaneppi === References === kanep in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “kanep”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009