azagaia

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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