katana

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana).

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑnə/, [kɪ̈ˈtʰɑnə]

katana (plural katana or katanas)

1. A type of Japanese longsword or 日本刀 (nihontō), having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

• katanin

• tsurugi
• chokutō
• wakizashi
• ōdachi
• nodachi

• Kanata, Nakata, Tanaka

katana

1. blanket

• IPA^(key): [ˈkatana]

katana m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of katan

Borrowed from Japanese 刀.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈtaː.naː/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
• Rhymes: -aːnaː

katana c (plural katana's)

1. A katana.

• samoeraizwaard

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.na/

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katana m (plural katanas)

1. Japanese sword

From Japanese 刀 (katana).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒtɒnɒ]
• Rhymes: -ɒ
• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

katana (plural katanák)

1. katana (a Japanese sword used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan)

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ka‧tà‧na

katana f (plural katane)

1. Japanese sword

katana

1. Rōmaji transcription of かたな

• IPA^(key): /kaˈta.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧na

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).

katana f

1. katana

From Hungarian katona.

katana f (diminutive katanka)

1. (ethnography) a twin caftan worn in some regional Polish folk costumes for women
2. (ethnography) a type of covering in men's folk costumes that reaches one's ankles
3. (ethnography, historical, military) a short-tailed jacket worn by soldiers in the 18th century
4. (colloquial) jacket

   Synonym: kurtka

• katana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• katana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

katana f (plural katanas)

1. Alternative spelling of catana

From Japanese 刀(かたな) (katana, literally “sword”), possibly via Spanish catana according to Potet (2016).

• Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧na
• IPA^(key): /kaˈtanaʔ/, [kɐˈta.nɐʔ]

katanà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜈ)

1. Japanese sword; katana
2. (archaic) sword

• “katana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 343