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yu•ka•ta
(yŏŏ kä′tä),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ta.
- Clothinga Japanese dressing gown or lounging robe of soft, lightweight cotton.
- Japanese: literally, a bathrobe, shortened form of yu-katabira, equivalent. to yu hot water + kata side + -bira, combining form of hira (earlier fira, *pira) flat thing
- 1815–25