Definition of ASSEGAI

assegai

Plural: assegais

Noun

  • the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
  • A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
  • The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

Verb

  • To spear with an assegai.
  • -GAIED, -GAIING, -GAIS to assagai

Origin / Etymology

From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in the forms that have become most common borrowed from Afrikaans assegaai, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Synonyms

assagai

Scrabble Score: 8

assegai: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
assegai: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
assegai: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

assegai is a valid Words With Friends word