单词 | assegai |
释义 | assegai /as"euh guy'/, n. , pl. assegais, v. , assegaied, assegaiing. n. 1. the 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. 3. to pierce with an assegai. Also, assagai. [1615-25; earlier azagaia < Pg < Ar az zaghayah, equiv. to al the + Berber zaghayah assegai] |
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