Cana (—°) [Vedic cana from relative pronoun °qṷo + demonstrative pronoun °no, cf. anā, nānā; Greek νή; Latin °ne in qu and one = Pāli kudācana. cana = Gothic hun, Old High German gin, German ir-gen-d. Cf. ci] indefinite particle "like, as if," added to relative or interrogative pronouns, as kiñcana anything, kudācana at any time, etc. Cf. ca and ci.
cana ind. Not, not also, even not (not used by itself, but found used in combination with the pronoun kim or its derivatives, such as kad, kaTaM, kva, kadA, kutaH to which it imparts an indefinite sense; see ( pb ) under kim ). Note . Some regard cana to be not a separate word, but a combination of ca and na .
(suffix, suffix) particle used to express a portion of a whole; kudācana, sometimes