kriss

See also: Krišs

English

Noun

kriss (plural krisses)

  1. Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 269:
      As far back as 1803 Captain Flinders met the swarthy, sea-going Malajs, clad then, as they are now, in badju and sarong, wearing gracefully-folded turbans on their heads, and with murderous-looking krisses stuck in their girdles.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʀis/

Verb

kriss

  1. second-person singular present indicative of kréien
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