Rungun.
/ˈruːŋɡuː/, /ˈrʊŋɡuː/, U.S. /ˈruŋɡu/ A traditional East African wooden club or cudgel with a knobbed end.
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1858 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 223/1 He has also a spear, a knife at his waist for cutting coco-nuts, a Rungu or knob-stick in his girdle behind.
1913 C. A. Stigand Land of Zinj xv. 255 These rungus are, as a rule, well balanced, and can be thrown accurately to great distances.
1972 Audubon Nov. 17 Two tall Maasai rise from the grass... They point toward the volcano, their clubs or rungus like extensions of long bony arms.
1999 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 2 Aug. 4/2 More than 100 youths armed with knives, arrows and rungus battled with the 400 artisans after destroying their newly-constructed kiosks.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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