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kunna

Pronunciation: /²kɵnːa/

“kunna” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. "to can", to be able to
  2. to know (have proficiency in or deeper knowledge of)
  3. to possibly be able to, can, could, might, may
  4. to be given permission to, "to can", "to may"

Etymology

From Old Swedish kunna, from Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

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