assagai

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

assagai
    n 1: the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
         [syn: {assegai}, {assagai}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assagai \As"sa*gai\, Assegai \As"se*gai\, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp.
   azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. {Lancegay}.]
   A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for
   stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
   [1913 Webster]