English Explanatory Dictionary

arnis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
  2. A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.
noun
  1. plural of arni

Word forms

arnis arnises

Etymology

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

Synonyms

eskrima kali
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