Whether it was that he was rendered helpless by long continued disease, was embarrassed by the friar's cassock, or was really unskilful in the use of weapons, it is certain that his blade dropped harmless on the macana of the warrior.
His shield of stout cane-work, painted, and ornamented with a long waving penacho of feathers, hung at his back, and a macana of gigantic size swung from his wrist.
The macana inflicted another and deeper wound in his back, while his own broken weapon struck the savage on the hip.
The loss of the macana had left him without any offensive weapon.
The macana is about four feet long, one inch thick, and from five to six inches broad; towards the hilt end the breadth is about three inches, and it is rounded.
A cross having been put up in the forest, they fastened to it a few days afterwards a macana and two arrows, as symbols of irreconcilable enmity to Christians.
When the mussels were all cleaned, Macana emptied them into a large basket half filled with water, and threw in a little acorn meal and a handful of herbs.
Squatted on the ground, where she could feel the warmth of the fire on her back, but where the heat could not dry her basket materials, Macana began her work.
Taking a handful of grasshoppers, Macanaput them into the hollow in the larger stone, and with the smaller stone rubbed them to a coarse powder.
Macana found Sholoc busy portioning out parts of the elk.
When they returned, Macana was warming herself by the fire where the men were sitting.
The stroke of the macana had extended to the top of his head, and he felt its effect for the space of two or three months during the stay we made at Caracas.
He attempted to rise, and to grasp, at the same time, the macana which lay at his feet.
He carried a lance in his grasp, while a lightmacana was suspended from his shoulders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "macana" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
