kânu D  ( : kuānu)

[Government]

: 1) to establish firmly the foundations (a throne ...), to give permanence to (a reign , prosperity ...) , to install (a building , a beam , a door ...) , to permanently deposit tablets in a library 2) to fix a bowstring 3) to define (a law , a time for something , heavenly movements , a boundary) 4) to fix (a tax) , to impose (a tribute , a domination , an offering ...) 5) + accusatif infinitif : to impose duty to do something , to assign payment 6) : to make secure for somebody 7) to establish someone's guilt , to convict 8) to confirm (a declaration , a fact ...) , to prove a fact 9) : [eli ram(a)nišu kânu] : to confess (a mistake) , to admit 10) to set up correctly (an offering , a furnishing ...)

Cf. kiānu

See also : mukinnu, paršumu, šību, mukinnūtu