Feminine
macana
Meaning
- (Latin-America, feminine) a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America
- (Bolivia, El-Salvador, Honduras, Latin-America, Nicaragua, Puerto-Rico, feminine) a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America
- (Bolivia, Caribbean, Chile, Guatemala, Latin-America, Mexico, feminine, vulgar) a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America
- (feminine, uncountable) the wood of the peach palm
- (Bolivia, colloquial, feminine, rare) an unpleasant situation
- (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, colloquial, feminine, rare) lie
- (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Uruguay, colloquial, feminine, rare) lie
- (Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Uruguay, colloquial, feminine, rare) lie
- (Central-America, feminine) hoe
- (feminine) a baluster of a balcony’s balustrade
Synonyms
Hyphenated as
ma‧ca‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈkana/
Etymology
From Taíno *makana.
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