assegai
noun/ˈæsəɡaɪ/
/ˈæsəɡaɪ/
(also assagai)
- a weapon consisting of a long stick with a sharp metal point on the end, used mainly in southern Africa
- a South African tree that produces hard wood
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al ‘the’ + Berber zaġāyah ‘spear’.
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