"kunai" meaning in All languages combined

See kunai on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: kunai [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|苦無|tr=くない, kunai}} Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai) Head templates: {{en-noun|kunai}} kunai (plural kunai)
  1. A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja or samurai. Categories (topical): Weapons Related terms: shuriken Translations (tool and weapon): kunajo (Esperanto), kunaï [masculine] (French), קונאי (Hebrew), 苦無 (kunai) (alt: くない) (Japanese), 구나이 (gunai) (Korean), कुनाइ (kunāi) [feminine] (Marathi), کونای (Persian), кунай (kunaj) (Russian), คุนะอิ (Thai), кунай (kunaj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-kunai-en-noun-2GS9KbUF Disambiguation of Weapons: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), from Tolai kunəi (“long grass”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tpi|kunai||grass, grassland}} Tok Pisin kunai (“grass, grassland”), {{bor|en|ksd|kunəi||long grass}} Tolai kunəi (“long grass”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kunai (uncountable)
  1. A species of grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Australasia, Africa, and southern Europe, and widely introduced to the New World. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-kunai-en-noun-z0lcoh4S Disambiguation of Weapons: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} kunai
  1. Rōmaji transcription of くない Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: くない

Noun [Thao]

Head templates: {{head|ssf|noun}} kunai
  1. wild pigeon
    Sense id: en-kunai-ssf-noun-v4MjLX8d Categories (other): Thao entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for kunai meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

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