noun
tsuna
SOO-nuh
noun
1
The thick ceremonial rope belt with zigzag paper streamers worn by a yokozuna, sumo wrestling's highest-ranked champion.
"The new yokozuna performed his first ring-entering ceremony wearing the heavy tsuna."
How to Use Tsuna
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe braided rope belt worn only by sumo's top champions.
Word Forms
tsuna plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 綱 (tsuna), meaning "rope."