Etymology

tegatana

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Today it means: The ceremonial gesture made by a winning wrestler after receiving his prize money. Full definition →

Japanese 手刀
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from手刀“knife hand”
  2. English todaytegatana

From Japanese 手刀 (tegatana, “knife hand”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.