Wt/sco/canny

English[edit | edit source]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Northern English dialect from Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. from Middle Inglis Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., first and third person singular of Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. from Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.. Compare Scots Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Template:Wt/sco/Ang Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.. More at can, cunning.

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

IPA^{(No language code specified.)}: /ˈkæni/
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Adjective[edit | edit source]

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Careful, prudent, cautious.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Frugal, thrifty.
Template:Wt/sco/Northumbria Pleasant, nice.
She's a canny lass hor like!
Template:Wt/sco/Northumbria Very or much.
That's a canny big horse man!

Translations[edit | edit source]

careful, prudent, cautious

Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen), предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv)
Finnish: varovainen
Russian: осмотрительный (osmotritelʹnyj), осторожный (ru) (ostorožnyj)

Swedish: försiktig

knowing, shrewd, astute

Bulgarian: хитър (hitǎr), ловък (bg) (lovǎk)

frugal, thrifty — see frugal

pleasant, nice — see pleasant

very, much

Derived terms[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[2]
Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]

Anagrams[edit | edit source]

acnny
nancy, Nancy

Scots[edit | edit source]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

From the verb Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. from Middle Inglis Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., first and third person singular of Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist. from Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.. More at can, cunning.