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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•sa•gai (as′ə gī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gais, v.t., -gaied, -gai•ing. - Anthropologyassegai.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: assagai /ˈæsəˌɡaɪ/ n ( pl -gais)- a variant spelling of assegai
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•se•gai (as′ə gī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gais, v., -gaied, -gai•ing. n. - Anthropologythe slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa.
- a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are made.
v.t. - Anthropologyto pierce with an assegai.
Also, assagai. - Arabic az zaghāyah, equivalent. to al the + Berber zaghāyah assegai
- Portuguese
- earlier azagaia 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: assegai, assagai /ˈæsəˌɡaɪ/ n ( pl -gais)- a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
- a sharp light spear, esp one made of this wood
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az zaghāyah, from al the + zaghāyah assegai, from Berber |