assegai

English - Turkish

Definition of assegai in English Turkish dictionary

mızrak

English - English

Definition of assegai in English English dictionary

The tree species Curtisia dentata, because its wood is traditionally used to made assegais

A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa

Without a word, he took my foreskin, pulled it forward, and then, in a single motion, brought down his assegai.

To spear with an assegai

the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

Same as Assagai

{i} a lightweight spear used by the Bantu peoples of southern Africa; tree native of southern Africa

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

Hyphenation

as·se·gai

Etymology

() From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, from colloquial Arabic الزغاية (al-zaghaya), from Berber zaġāya (“spear”).

Tenses

assegaiing, assegaied