See also: Kimona

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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.

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Etymology

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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.

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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)

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

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