different between macana vs macuahuitl

English

Etymology

From Taíno macana.

Noun

macana (plural macanas)

1. A wooden sword-like weapon of various native cultures of Central America and South America.

Related terms

• macahuitl

Translations

Anagrams

• manaca

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t?sa.na/

Participle

macana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of macany

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?kana/, [ma?ka.na]

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

macana f (plural macanas)

1. a type of thin cotton shawl worn by mestizo women in Bolivia and Ecuador

Etymology 2

From Taíno macana.

Noun

macana f (plural macanas)

1. a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America
   • 1997, Manuel Alvar Ezquerra, Vocabulario de indigenismos en las Crónias de Indias, CSIC, page 231:

2. (Americas, Latin America) baton (small club used by law enforcement)
   • 1970, Carlos Monsiváis, Días de guardar, Ediciones Era, page 265:

3. (uncountable) the wood of the peach palm
   • 2003, Hernando Forero Caballero, Fundamentos sociológicos de la medicina primitiva, Academia Nacional de Medicina, page 53:

4. (Argentina, Peru, Uruguay) an unpleasant situation
   • 2005, Lucio A. Mansilla, Los mirmidones, Dunken, page 65:

5. (Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, colloquial) lie; nonsense, claptrap, tosh
   • 1904, Florencio Sánchez, La gringa, [1]:

6. (Costa Rica, El Savador, Honduras, Nicaragua) a farm tool used to dig small holes
   • 1979, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza, Vocabulario de indigenismos en las Crónias de Indias, page 6:

7. a baluster of a balcony’s balustrade
8. (Mexico) prick, cock

Derived terms

• macanazo
• macanudo

Further reading

• “macana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Taíno

Noun

macana

1. wooden club

References

English

Alternative forms

• macahuitl
• maccuahuitl
• macquahuitl
• maquahuitl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl m?cuahuitl.

Noun

macuahuitl (plural macuahuitls)

1. An Aztec obsidian sword or club.

Synonyms

• macana

Translations

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

macuahuitl

1. Alternative spelling of maccuahuitl