n.
Variant: also ka · tchi · na or ka · tci · na
Pronunciation: k ə - ' ch ē -n ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Hopi qacína
Date: 1888
1 : one of the deified ancestral spirits believed among the Hopi and other Pueblo Indians to visit the pueblos at intervals
2 : one of the elaborately masked kachina impersonators that dance at agricultural ceremonies
3 : a doll representing a kachina
kachina 3