- assegai
- (AH-seh-gheye) [Portuguese, from Arabic] A wooden spear carried by the original warriors of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa.
Dictionary of foreign words and phrases. Mary Varchaver and Frank Ledlie Moore. 2012.
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Assegai — Angaben Waffenart: Speer … Deutsch Wikipedia
Assegai — As se*gai, n. Same as {Assagai}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assegai — Assegai, Speer der Bantu, Assagai … Universal-Lexikon
assegai — ► NOUN (pl. assegais) ▪ a slender iron tipped spear used by southern African peoples. ORIGIN Arabic, the spear … English terms dictionary
assegai — [as′ə gī΄] n. [Port azagaia < colloquial Ar az zaghāya < az, for al, the + Berber zaghāyah, spear, prob. < Berber (cf. Tuareg (a)zegiz, long armed dagger)] 1. a slender spear or javelin with an iron tip, used in S Africa 2. a tree… … English World dictionary
Assegai — An assegai or assagai (originally Berber zaġāya spear , from Old French azagaie Old Spanish azagaya < Arabic az zaġāyah ) is a pole weapon used for throwing or hurling, usually a light spear or javelin made of wood and pointed with iron.… … Wikipedia
assegai — /as euh guy /, n., pl. assegais, v., assegaied, assegaiing. n. 1. the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu speaking people of southern Africa. 2. a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are… … Universalium
assegai — 1. noun /ˈasəɡʌɪ/ a) A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa. Native mats covered the clay walls; a collection of spears, assegais, shields, knives was hung up in trophies. b)… … Wiktionary
Assegai — Assagai As sa*gai, Assegai As se*gai, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. {Lancegay}.] A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assegai — or assagai noun Etymology: ultimately from Arabic al zaghāya the assegai, from al the + Berber zaghāya spear Date: 1600 a slender hardwood spear or light javelin usually tipped with iron and used in southern Africa … New Collegiate Dictionary
assegai — [ asəgʌɪ] (also assagai) noun (plural assegais) 1》 a slender iron tipped hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples. 2》 (also assegai wood) a South African tree of the dogwood family, yielding a hard wood. [Curtisia dentata.] Origin… … English new terms dictionary
