kimona

See also: Kimona

English

Noun

kimona (plural kimonas)

1. Alternative form of kimono
   • July 1934, Bill Williams, "Sweet Sue", 10 Story Book, page 4

     Sue let her kimona flap open enticingly.

Anagrams

• Minako, Monika, Namiko

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish kimona, from kimono +‎ -a, from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono). Doublet of kimono, a later borrowing. Potet (2016) remarks that the last vowel in 着物(きもの) (kimono) was mistaken for the masculine -o ending in Spanish, so the Spanish feminine -a ending was appended to this word.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈmona/ [kɪˈmoː.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: ki‧mo‧na

Noun

kimona (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋᜓᜈ)

1. traditional short-sleeved loose woman's blouse made of piña or jusi (usually with a wide neck and short, wide sleeves, and worn with a long, wide skirt)

See also

• blusa

Further reading

• “kimona”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344