"digging stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: digging sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} digging stick (plural digging sticks)
  1. A durable stick, usually sharpened, often with attachments to facilitate pushing or pulling, used in subsistence agriculture for digging or tilling. Translations (tool used in subsistence agriculture): naua (Big Nambas), палка-копалка (palka-kopalka) [feminine] (Russian), kal (South Efate)
    Sense id: en-digging_stick-en-noun-SI-DoRcd Categories (other): Big Nambas terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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