cachina

• IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡ʃina/ [kaˈt͡ʃi.na]

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ca‧chi‧na

Borrowed from Quechua kachinaq

cachina f (plural cachinas)

1. (Peru) a kind of liquor made from must

• “cachina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Hopi katsina, likely via English kachina.

cachina f (plural cachinas)

1. (New Mexico) a kind of ceremonial doll made by the Hopi.

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN