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单词 assegai
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
as•se•gai  (asə gī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gais, v., -gaied, -gai•ing. 
n. 
  1. Anthropologythe slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa.
  2. a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are made.

v.t. 
  1. 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)
  1. a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
  2. 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
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