azagaia

Portuguese

Etymology

From colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈɡaj.ɐ/ [a.zaˈɡaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈɡaj.ɐ/ [a.zaˈɡaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zaˈɡaj.a/ [a.zaˈɡaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɐˈɡaj.ɐ/ [ɐ.zɐˈɣaj.ɐ]

Noun

azagaia f (plural azagaias)

1. assegai (slim African spear or javelin with an iron tip)
2. assegai (Curtisia dentata, a tree of southern Africa)

Further reading

• “azagaia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “azagaia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026