kachina

名词 n.
/kəˈt͡ʃiː.nə/    /kəˈt͡ʃi.nə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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).
  2. A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
  3. A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

词形变化

kachinas plural Kachina alternative katchina alternative katcina alternative Katcina alternative katsina alternative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Hopi katsinabor.
English kachina
Borrowed from Hopi katsina.
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