assegai
assegai · assegais
Assagai
A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu…A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
/ˈæsəɡaɪ/
Meaning
2 sensesA slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
Assagai
the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.
Translations
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By meaning 1
slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip:
Origin
From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in theFrom French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in the forms that have become most common borrowed from Afrikaans assegaai, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).
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