gadana
See also: gadaña
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish catana, from Japanese 刀 (katana).
Noun
editgadana
- Katana.
- c. 1610, Chimalpahin, Diario, page 134:
- oncan quitecatihui ce gadana tepoztli yuhqui yn imespada ypã ponhui
(there they place a katana of metal, which counts as their sword)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (2006) James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, Doris Namala, transl., Annals of His Time: Don Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 170–171