azagaia

Portuguese

Etymology

From colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة‎ (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.za.ˈɡaj.ɐ/

Noun

azagaia f (plural azagaias)

  1. assegai (slim African spear or javelin with an iron tip)
  2. assegai (Curtisia dentata, a tree of southern Africa)
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