"macana" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: macanas [plural]
Etymology: From Taíno macana. Etymology templates: {{der|en|tnq|macana}} Taíno macana Head templates: {{en-noun}} macana (plural macanas)
  1. A wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America. Wikipedia link: es:macana, macana Categories (topical): Weapons Related terms: macahuitl Translations (sword): マカナ (makana) (Japanese)

Verb [Polish]

IPA: /maˈt͡sa.na/
Rhymes: -ana Head templates: {{head|pl|participle form}} macana
  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of macany Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, participle, singular, vocative Form of: macany
    Sense id: en-macana-pl-verb-15UaQqZD Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /maˈkana/, [maˈka.na] Forms: macanas [plural]
Rhymes: -ana Etymology: From Taíno macana. Etymology templates: {{der|es|tnq|macana}} Taíno macana Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} macana f (plural macanas)
  1. a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-arLcU4Jp
  2. (Americas, Latin America) baton, nightstick Tags: Latin-America, feminine Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-6rWXnZT4 Disambiguation of Weapons: 4 38 20 1 2 16 1 14 3 Categories (other): Latin American Spanish
  3. (uncountable) the wood of the peach palm Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Woods
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-p4Bz4Rwe Disambiguation of Woods: 8 17 31 2 5 9 2 20 6 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 9 5 45 2 3 6 1 24 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 3 52 1 2 3 1 25 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 50 1 2 3 1 25 2
  4. (Argentina, Peru, Uruguay) an unpleasant situation Tags: Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-KAFv6-Qy Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  5. (Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, colloquial) lie; nonsense, claptrap, tosh Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-xLK5Ugk3 Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Bolivian Spanish, Paraguayan Spanish, Peruvian Spanish, Uruguayan Spanish
  6. (Costa Rica, El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua) a farm tool used to dig small holes Tags: Costa-Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, feminine Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-I3jSMFOa Disambiguation of Tools: 5 27 4 2 6 38 2 9 5 Categories (other): Costa Rican Spanish, Honduran Spanish, Nicaraguan Spanish
  7. a baluster of a balcony’s balustrade Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-0GdRYYVN
  8. (Mexico) prick, cock Tags: Mexico, feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-kHTQE-Jq Categories (other): Mexican Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: macanazo, macanear, macanudo
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /maˈkana/, [maˈka.na] Forms: macanas [plural]
Rhymes: -ana Etymology: Uncertain. Etymology templates: {{unc|es}} Uncertain Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} macana f (plural macanas)
  1. a type of thin cotton shawl worn by mestizo women in Bolivia and Ecuador Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macana-es-noun-vflYK1b-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Taíno]

Head templates: {{head|tnq|noun}} macana
  1. wooden club
    Sense id: en-macana-tnq-noun-lkEYxews Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Taíno entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "english": "A big house full of spears, bows, arrows, macanas and other weapons those indians used in their wars.",
          "ref": "1997, Manuel Alvar Ezquerra, Vocabulario de indigenismos en las Crónias de Indias, CSIC, page 231:",
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        {
          "english": "The grenadiers came with shields and batons.",
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        {
          "english": "The anthropomorphic wooden figures represented the tutelar spirits of children or adults and those made of balsa or peach palm were used in healings, one for each ailment.",
          "ref": "2003, Hernando Forero Caballero, Fundamentos sociológicos de la medicina primitiva, Academia Nacional de Medicina, page 53:",
          "text": "Las figuras antropomorfas de madera representaban los espíritus tutelares de los niños o de los adultos y las de balso o macana eran empleadas para curaciones, una para cada enfermedad.",
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          "text": "2005, Lucio A. Mansilla, Los mirmidones, Dunken, page 65",
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          "english": "Cut the crap, dad!",
          "ref": "1904, Florencio Sánchez, La gringa:",
          "text": "¡Déjese de macanas, viejo!",
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          "english": "The sowing is done using a plough pulled by oxen, using macanas or chuzos and by casting, this last one is used especially for sorghum.",
          "ref": "1979, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza, Vocabulario de indigenismos en las Crónias de Indias, page 6:",
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