canasta
/kaˈnasta/ · B2 · noun · f
basket
🧺 canasta = can + asta: a CAN of ASTA(ck) items goes in the basket
Sounds like 'can-NAS-ta'. Think 'can' as in 'I can carry this' plus 'asta', and link it to the card game canasta, whose name is Spanish for basket, because melds were once collected like items in a basket.