Word: Assegai
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al ‘the’ + Berber zaġāyah ‘spear’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈasəɡʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples.
Short Definition:spear
Definition:
a South African tree of the dogwood family, which yields hard timber.
Short Definition:tree
Variant Forms:
- assagai
Word: Assegai
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈasəɡʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
wound or kill with an assegai
Short Definition:stab with assegai
Examples:- he was a very brave man but he was eventually assegaied
Variant Forms:
- assagai
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