s. m, Corrupted from the Arabic word Qánúngo. A superintendent of village accountants (Paṭwáris) or an officer who keeps an account of the tenures by which lands are held; met. cunning:—kánú goiṉ, kánú, goṉí, s. f. The wife of a kánúgo:—kánú goí, s. f. The business of a Kánúgo.