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Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/cane
==''[[cane]]'' and ''[[can]]'' in [[w:consilience|consilience]] ==

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 eng:	{{l|en|cane}}
 esp:	{{l|es|caña}}
 fre:	{{l|fr|canne}}
 ita:	{{l|it|canna}}
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* As an addendum, {{l|ja|管}} in JA carries more connotations of {{term|lang=en|pipe}} or {{term|lang=en|tube}}, with additional senses of {{term|lang=en|shuttle|pos=as for weaving}} and {{term|lang=en|spindle|pos=as for spinning thread}}; the JA word for {{term|lang=en|cane}} is {{l|ja|杖|tr=''tsue''}}, a word deriving from 
{{etyl|ojp|-}}Old Japanese rather than from {{etyl|zho|-}}Chinese.
: But then, the meanings of kanji in modern JA are largely irrelevant as evidence of ancient use -- modern Japanese is most definitely '''''not''''' ancient Chinese, '''''nor''''' is it ancient Japanese.  By way of example of semantic drift, modern JA {{l|ja|手紙}} means {{term|lang=en|letter}}, {{term|lang=en|epistle}}; apparently, in modern Mandarin, this same word means {{term|lang=en|toilet paper}}.  Mode(contracted; show full)
: --[[User:KYPark|KYPark]] ([[User talk:KYPark|talk]]) 08:33, 31 July 2012 (UTC) Modified --[[User:KYPark|KYPark]] ([[User talk:KYPark|talk]]) 10:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

; See also
* [[Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/sugar cane]]
* [[Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/mole]]

; Footnotes
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