assegaai
English
Noun
assegaai (plural assegaais)
- Alternative form of assegai
Anagrams
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish azagaya or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
assegaai m (plural assegaaien)
- assegai (javelin, throwing spear)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: assegaai
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːi̯
- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Spears