"nunchaku" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nʌnˈtʃækuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nʌnˈtʃɑːkuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nʌnˈt͡ʃɑku/ [General-American], /nən-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nunchaku.wav [Southern-England], En-us-nunchaku.ogg [US] Forms: nunchakus [plural]
enPR: nən-chä'ko͞o Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ryu|双節棍|tr=nunchaku}} Okinawan 双節棍 (nunchaku), {{cog|ja|双節棍|tr=nunchaku}} Japanese 双節棍 (nunchaku), {{der|en|nan-hbl|兩節棍|lit=two-segment cudgel|tr=nn̄g-chat-kùn}} Hokkien 兩節棍/两节棍 (nn̄g-chat-kùn, literally “two-segment cudgel”), {{m|nan-hbl|兩|t=two|tr=nn̄g}} 兩/两 (nn̄g, “two”), {{m|nan-hbl|節|t=joint; link; segment|tr=chat}} 節/节 (chat, “joint; link; segment”), {{m|nan-hbl|棍|t=cudgel; stick|tr=kùn}} 棍 (kùn, “cudgel; stick”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus)
  1. (countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: chainsticks, numchuck, num-chuk, nunchuck, nunchuk Translations (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord): tsako (Cebuano), 兩節棍 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 两节棍 (nn̄gchatkùn) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 雙節棍 (Chinese Mandarin), 双节棍 (shuāngjiégùn) (Chinese Mandarin), nunčaky [masculine, plural] (Czech), nunchaku [common-gender] (Danish), karatestænger [plural] (Danish), wurgstokjes [neuter] (Dutch), nunchaku (Finnish), nunchaku [masculine] (French), Nunchaku [neuter] (German), nuncsaku (Hungarian), ruyung (Indonesian), 双節棍 (nunchaku) (alt: ぬんちゃく) (Japanese), ヌンチャク (nunchaku) (Japanese), ヌウチク (nūchaku) (Japanese), 쌍절곤 (ssangjeolgon) (alt: 雙節棍) (Korean), नन्चक (nancak) (Marathi), नुन्चाकु (nuncāku) (Marathi), 双節棍 (nunchaku) (Okinawan), nunczako [neuter] (Polish), nunczaku (Polish), nunchaku [masculine] (Portuguese), нунча́ки (nunčáki) [neuter, plural] (Russian), нунча́ку (nunčáku) [neuter] (Russian), нунтя́ку (nuntjáku) [neuter] (Russian), nunchaku (Spanish), chaco [masculine] (Spanish), nunchaku [common-gender] (Swedish), karate pinnar [plural] (Swedish), nunçaku (Turkish), nhị khúc côn (Vietnamese), côn nhị khúc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-nunchaku-en-noun-bcrCCPXl Disambiguation of Weapons: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord': 90 10
  2. (uncountable) The skill of using this weapon in martial arts. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Martial arts
    Sense id: en-nunchaku-en-noun-2ivsbDW~ Disambiguation of Martial arts: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: weapon Related terms: weapon Coordinate_terms: flail

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} nunchaku
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬんちゃく Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ぬんちゃく
    Sense id: en-nunchaku-ja-romanization-La82lGT5 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌンチャク Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ヌンチャク
    Sense id: en-nunchaku-ja-romanization-Y-IjdUAi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese romanizations, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese romanizations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "tsako"
    },
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "兩節棍"
    },
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
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      "word": "两节棍"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "雙節棍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngjiégùn",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "双节棍"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "nunchaku"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "karatestænger"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wurgstokjes"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nunchaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nunchaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nunchaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nuncsaku"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "ruyung"
    },
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      "word": "双節棍"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nunchaku",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "ヌンチャク"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nūchaku",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "ヌウチク"
    },
    {
      "alt": "雙節棍",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ssangjeolgon",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "쌍절곤"
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    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "नन्चक"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nuncāku",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "नुन्चाकु"
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      "code": "ryu",
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      "roman": "nunchaku",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "双節棍"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
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      "word": "nunczako"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nunczaku"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "nunchaku"
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "word": "нунча́ки"
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      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нунча́ку"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nuntjáku",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нунтя́ку"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nunchaku"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nunchaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "karate pinnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nunçaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "nhị khúc côn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord",
      "word": "côn nhị khúc"
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}

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