punji

English

Etymology

From Jingpho [Term?].

Noun

punji (plural punjis)

1. A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
   • 2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:

     Ordinary punjis will penetrate thick uniforms or the upper part of a shoe.

Alternative forms

• panjee, panji, punjee, punjie

Synonyms

• punji stick
• ranjau, ranjow

Derived terms

• punji pit

Translations

sharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies

• Khiamniungan Naga: vàh

Further reading

• Punji stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia