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tonfa

tonfa noun: a traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally wielded in pairs.

tonfa: a traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally...
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Noun

tonfa (plural tonfas or tonfa)

  1. A traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally wielded in pairs.

Forms of tonfa

pluraltonfas
pluraltonfa

Origin of tonfa

From Japanese トンファー (tonfā).

Questions about tonfa

What does tonfa mean?
Tonfa means a traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally wielded in pairs.
What part of speech is tonfa?
Tonfa is a noun.
What is the plural of tonfa?
The plural of tonfa is tonfas.

Words near tonfa in the dictionary

  1. tonewheels
  2. tonewood
  3. tonewoods
  4. toney
  5. Toneys
  6. tonfa
  7. Tonfanau
  8. tonfas
  9. tong
  10. tong doc
  11. tong fai

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