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arnis

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).

Noun

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arnis (countable and uncountable, plural arnises)

  1. (uncountable) Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
  2. (countable) A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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arnis

  1. plural of arni

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek αρνούμαι (arnoúmai).[1]

Verb

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arnis (aorist arnisa, participle arnisur)

  1. (Tosk, southern Gheg, Arbëresh) deny, withhold, reject
    Synonym: mohoj

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “arnís”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 122

Further reading

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  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “arnis”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[1]

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish arnés (harness), from French harnais, from Old French hernois, likely a borrowing from Old Norse *hernest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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arnís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. arnis (Philippine stick fighting)
    Synonyms: eskrima, kali

Further reading

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  • arnis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018