English-Thai Dictionary
assegai
N หอก ยาว ที่ ใช้ ใน อาฟริกา horg-yao-ti-chai-nai-af-fri-ca
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASSEGAI
ASSEGAI As "se *gai, n.
Defn: Same as Assagai.
New American Oxford Dictionary
assegai
as se gai |ˈasəˌgī ˈæsəˌɡaɪ |(also assagai ) ▶noun ( pl. assegais ) 1 a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples. 2 (also assegai wood ) a South African tree of the dogwood family that yields hard timber. [Curtisia dentata, family Cornaceae. ] ▶verb ( assegais, assegaing, assegaied ) [ with obj. ] wound or kill with an assegai. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al ‘the ’ + Berber zaġāyah ‘spear. ’
Oxford Dictionary
assegai
assegai |ˈasəgʌɪ |(also assagai ) ▶noun ( pl. assegais ) 1 a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples. 2 (also assegai wood ) a South African tree of the dogwood family, which yields hard timber. ●Curtisia dentata, family Cornaceae. ▶verb ( assegais, assegaing, assegaied ) [ with obj. ] wound or kill with an assegai. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al ‘the ’ + Berber zaġāyah ‘spear ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
assegai
as se gai as sa gai /ǽsɪɡàɪ //ǽsə -/名詞 複 ～s C (南アフリカ先住民が武器に使う )細身の投げ 槍 （やり ）.
The Wordsmith Dictionary