nagamaki

English

Nagamaki (sword) and saya (scabbard)

Etymology

From Japanese nagamaki (nagamaki), from ながまき, from 長巻 (“long wrapping”), from 長 (“long”)+巻 (“winding”), from having a long wrapped handle.

Noun

nagamaki (plural nagamakis or nagamaki)

1. A type of Japanese sword; a single-edged curving blade with a handle comparable in length to that of the blade, whose blade is length is usually comparable to other regular Japanese swords, though other longer ones also were made.

Coordinate terms

• daisho
• katana
• naginata
• nihonto
• nodachi
• tachi
• tanto
• wakizashi

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: 長巻

Japanese

Romanization

nagamaki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ながまき

Descendants

• English: nagamaki