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Old June 11, 2013, 04:51 PM
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Question Cánnabis o cannabis

cánnabis o cannabis. ‘Cáñamo índico, usado como estupefaciente’. Si se mantiene la pronunciación esdrújula etimológica, debe escribirse con tilde: «El cánnabis es la sustancia consumida con mayor frecuencia» (DVasco [Esp.] 4.5.99). Se admite también la pronunciación llana [kannábis], a la que corresponde la grafía sin tilde cannabis. En esta palabra y en todas las de su misma familia léxica (cannabáceo, cannáceo, etc.) se mantiene la -nn- etimológica. Aunque hoy es más frecuente su uso en masculino, también se admite su empleo con el género femenino etimológico: «Aquello que lo espantaba de la cannabis no era la pérdida del eje que gobernaba su razón, sino, al contrario, la agudización de su juicio crítico» (Andahazi Piadosas [Arg. 1999]).

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Buscando en CREA, obtengo 22 con tilde y 168 sin ella.

¿Qué forma se conoce y se usa más en México... Chile... Argentina... etc.?

(Estoy traduciendo un pequeño documental ANTI-droga... Di "NO" a la Droga, di "SÍ" a la vida...)
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Y diría cannabis y cáñamo.

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I think that cáñamo also includes hemp which, although the same plant, is bred for rope and is probably not very intoxicating.
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Gracias, Chileno.
And thank you, Poli... yes, note well that is "cáñamo índico"...
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Siempre la acentué como palabra aguda.

Acabo de preguntarle a gente al rededor y coinciden en "canabis" (grave).
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Gracias, Malila... (que conste que, ahora que lo mencionas, yo también he oído, "cannabís"*...) (Y al buscar "cannabís" con Google, salen también un montón de "hits"...) Mmm...

Esto sí parece "grave"

(Supongo que me quedo con la versión grave o llana, pero nuestros amigos del Panhispánico deberán incluir la versión aguda... pues usarse, se usa...)
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Ya! Yerba y punto, Te convidai un poco?
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Chileno, no des mal ejemplo...
Que las carga el Diablo... (ay, no, que eso son las pistolas...) Pero bueno, viene a ser lo mismo... Yerba = Vida =
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Ah bueno. Debe ser como un cubano decía "las almas las ca'ga el diablo"...

No le hago a nada de eso...
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Así son los cubanitos...
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