azagaya

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish azagaya (1284), Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /asaˈɡaʃa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /asaˈɡaʒa/ [a.saˈɣ̞a.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: a‧za‧ga‧ya

Noun

azagaya f (plural azagayas)

  1. assegai (weapon)

Further reading

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