nunchaku
English
[edit]Etymology
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A wooden nunchaku.
A martial artist using a nunchaku.
Borrowed from Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku) (compare Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku)), probably from Hokkien 兩節棍 / 两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-segment cudgel”), from 兩 / 两 (nn̄g, “two”) + 節 / 节 (chat, “joint; link; segment”) + 棍 (kùn, “cudgel; stick”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nʌnˈtʃækuː/, /nʌnˈtʃɑːkuː/[2][3][4]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) enPR: nən-chä'ko͞o, IPA(key): /nʌnˈt͡ʃɑku/, /nən-/
- Hyphenation: nun‧cha‧ku
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus) (martial arts, weaponry)
- (countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord. [from 20th c.]
- Synonyms: chainsticks, numchuck, num-chuk, nunchuck, nunchuk
- (uncountable) The skill of using this weapon in martial arts.
Hypernyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord
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skill of using this weapon in martial arts
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Compare “nunchaku, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2003; “nunchaku, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “nunchaku”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “nunchaku”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
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nunchaku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - nunchaku (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nunchaku
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