• canacana —obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kanakana

Reduplication ofkana. See alsoMalaykerana.

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /kaˌnaʔ kaˈnaʔ/[kɐˌn̪aʔ kɐˈn̪aʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision)/kaˌna(ʔ) kaˈnaʔ/[kɐˌn̪aː xɐˈn̪aʔ]
• Rhymes:-aʔ
• Syllabification:ka‧na-ka‧na

kanâ-kanâ (Baybayin spellingᜃᜈᜃᜈ)

1. made-upstories;old wives' tale

   Synonyms:gawa-gawa,sabi-sabi,kuwentong-barbero,tsismis,kakana

2. excuses;pretext

   Synonym:dahilan

• “kana-kana”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860)Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor,Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor,Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page207: “Cuento) Canacana (pc) T. o hiſtoria mentiroſa”

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