arnis

See also: Arnis

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

arnis

  1. plural of arni

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek αρνούμαι (arnoúmai).[1]

Verb

arnis (aorist arnisa, participle arnisur)

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

Conjugation

References

  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

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɾˈnis/ [ʔɐɾˈn̪ɪs]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: ar‧nis

Noun

arnís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

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

Further reading

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