ASSAGAI

assegai, assagai

(noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

ASSEGAI

assegai, assagai

(noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

assagai (plural assagais)

Alternative spelling of assegai

Verb

assagai (third-person singular simple present assagais, present participle assagaiing, simple past and past participle assagaied)

Alternative spelling of assegai

Source: Wiktionary


As"sa*gai, As"se*gai, n. Etym: [Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.]

Definition: A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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