arnis

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

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.

• (martial art): eskrima, kali

arnis

1. plural of arni

• Nairs, Nasir, Rains, Risan, naris, nasri, rains, ranis, sarin, siRNA, sirna

• arnes

Borrowed from Spanish arnés (“harness”), from French harnais.

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

arnís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. arnis (Philippine stick fighting)

   Synonyms: eskrima, kali

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