knobkierie

English

Alternative forms

• knopkierie

Etymology

A portmanteau word from Afrikaans Knop meaning knob + Khoi-San kirri or keeri meaning stick.

Noun

knobkierie (plural knobkieries)

1. South African: A fighting stick usually with a knob on the end.
2. A bludgeon.

See also

• Kierie
• nulla nulla Australian
• casse-tetê Canadian

References

• Jean Bradford. A dictionary of South African English. Oxford 1978.