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arnis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
ar-nis
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.

Uncountable

noun

A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.

Countable

noun

plural of arni

Etymology

From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: arnis, arnés

Usage

Inflected Forms

arnises (plural)

Synonyms

eskrima kali

Questions

What does arnis mean?
Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
Where does arnis come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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