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pana Eskimo 
n. a knife about 15 inches long having a broad, straight blade and used primarily for cutting snow blocks for igloos (def. 1a).
See also: snow-knife
- 1942 They jabbered a little, testing the snow with a sharp jap of the pana, and then continued testing on down the ridge.
- 1958 Using a "panar" or snow-knife, he quickly cut snow blocks from the hard-packed cover of sea ice.
- 1942 They jabbered a little, testing the snow with a sharp jap of the pana, and then continued testing on down the ridge.