Here is the part I am interested in: >3) The Japanese term _ka[ta]na_ "sword" was introduced as _ka[ta]na_ (with a >final glottal stop) in Tagalog during the Spanish period, but has >disappeared from today's dictionaries. >Jean-Paul G. POTET. B. P. 46. 92114 CLICHY CEDEX. FRANCE. In Buru a katana or katanan is a knife. Not a sword, but a knife. --CD.