kendama

Borrowed from Japanese けん玉 (けんだま, kendama), from 拳 (けん, ken, “game played with the hands; fist”) or 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”) + 玉 (たま, tama, “ball”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnˌdɑːmə/

kendama (plural kendamas)

1. A traditional Japanese toy with an attached ball that can be caught in any of three cups or on a spike.
   • 2017 March 30, Mike Ives, “As Hong Kong Ponders Its Future Under Beijing, Politics Infuses Its Art”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     An especially haunting work, “If the Moment Came,” is a waist-high black box with a top made of wired glass and a murky interior that shows a looping video of a hand playing with a kendama, a Japanese toy featuring a wooden handle and a small ball.

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• kendama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

kendama

1. Rōmaji transcription of けんだま