nunchaku

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English

WOTD – 27 November 2020

Etymology

A wooden nunchaku.
A martial artist using a nunchaku.

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”).[1]

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Noun

nunchaku (countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus) (martial arts, weaponry)

  1. (countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord.
    Synonyms: chainsticks, numchuck, num-chuk, nunchuck, nunchuk
  2. (uncountable) The skill of using this weapon in martial arts.

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References

  1. ^ Compare “nunchaku, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2003; “nunchaku, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  3. ^ “nunchaku”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  4. ^ “nunchaku”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Japanese

Romanization

nunchaku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬんちゃく
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌンチャク
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