(亦作assagai)
(pl. assegais)
1
- a slender, iron-tipped, hardwood spear used chiefly by southern African peoples（主要为南非部落用的）长矛, 标枪。
2
- （亦作assegai wood）a South African tree of the dogwood family, which yields hard timber山茱萸树。
2.1
- Curtisia dentata, family Cornaceae.拉丁名Curtisia dentata,山茱萸科。
assegaied, assegaing
with obj.（常作be assegaied）wound or kill with an assegai用长矛伤害（或杀戮）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from obsolete French azagaie or Portuguese azagaia, from Arabic az-zaġāyah, from az, al 'the' + Berber zaġāyah 'spear'.