tonfa
English
Etymology
Noun
tonfa (plural tonfas or tonfa)
- A traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally wielded in pairs.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
tonfa
- inflection of tonfare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese トンファー (tonfā).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtõ.fɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtõ.fa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtõ.fɐ/
- Hyphenation: ton‧fa
Noun
tonfa f (plural tonfas)
Further reading
- “tonfa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026