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macana

/maˈkana/

noun, feminine/maˈkana/plural: macanas

a type of long club, sometimes studded with sharp pieces of rock, used by the natives of America; the wood of the peach palm; an unpleasant situation; lie; hoe

Una casa grande llena de lanzas, arcos, flechas, macanas y otras armas que usaban en sus guerras aquellos indios.A big house full of spears, bows, arrows, macanas and other weapons those indians used in their wars.

From Taíno *makana.

noun, feminine/maˈkana/plural: macanas

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

Uncertain.