"kris" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: krises [plural], krisses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|keris}} Malay keris, {{doublet|en|kalis}} Doublet of kalis Head templates: {{en-noun|+|krisses}} kris (plural krises or krisses)
  1. A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade. Categories (place): Indonesia, Malaysia
    Sense id: en-kris-en-noun-5mYydKpw Disambiguation of Indonesia: 100 0 Disambiguation of Malaysia: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

Forms: krises [present, singular, third-person], krising [participle, present], krissing [participle, present], krised [participle, past], krised [past], krissed [participle, past], krissed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|keris}} Malay keris, {{doublet|en|kalis}} Doublet of kalis Head templates: {{en-verb|krises|krising|krised|past2=krissed|pres_ptc2=krissing}} kris (third-person singular simple present krises, present participle krising or krissing, simple past and past participle krised or krissed)
  1. (transitive) To stab with a kris. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Swords, Weapons Related terms: kalis
    Sense id: en-kris-en-verb-OzU7dg14 Disambiguation of Swords: 35 65 Disambiguation of Weapons: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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