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/kəˈt͡ʃiː.nə/ · noun
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)..
Use kachina when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kachina means 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)..
Common synonyms include kachina doll, kachina figure.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use kachina where its definition matches the intended context.
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