assegaai

English

Noun

assegaai (plural assegaais)

  1. Alternative form of assegai

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • assagaai
  • sagaai (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azagaya or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة‎ (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.səˈɣaːi̯/
  • Hyphenation: as‧se‧gaai
  • Rhymes: -aːi̯

Noun

assegaai m (plural assegaaien)

  1. assegai (javelin, throwing spear)

Descendants
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