"kachina" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈt͡ʃinə/ Forms: kachinas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi katsina. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hop|katsina}} Hopi katsina Head templates: {{en-noun}} kachina (plural kachinas)
  1. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things). Synonyms (Spirit being): Kachina Translations (spirit being): kachina [masculine] (French), katchina [masculine] (French), Katsina [masculine] (French), Kachina [masculine] (German), Katchina [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-kachina-en-noun-bCzGzpv1 Disambiguation of 'Spirit being': 74 19 7 Disambiguation of 'spirit being': 100 0 0
  2. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being. Categories (place): Kachinas Synonyms: kachina doll, kachina figure Translations (wooden doll representing a spirit being): katchina [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-kachina-en-noun-kioy8btW Disambiguation of Kachinas: 27 55 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 48 20 Disambiguation of 'wooden doll representing a spirit being': 11 81 8
  3. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony. Translations (masked dancer representing a spirit being): łàcisə́onenemą (Taos)
    Sense id: en-kachina-en-noun-koh9H5aw Disambiguation of 'masked dancer representing a spirit being': 16 14 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: katchina, katcina, Katcina, katsina Related terms: Niman Kachina, San Francisco Peaks, Soyal

Noun [French]

Forms: kachinas [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} kachina m (plural kachinas)
  1. Alternative spelling of katchina (“kachina”) (spirit being) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: katchina (extra: (“kachina”) (spirit being)) Categories (place): Kachinas
    Sense id: en-kachina-fr-noun-bpAQtSIp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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