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nunchaku

nunchaku

English

Alternative forms

Noun

nunchaku ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nunchakus)

(martial arts) a weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord
A similarly formed device, such as the Wii Nunchuk attachment.

Translations

weapon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙節棍 (zh), 双节棍 (zh) ‎(shuāngjiégùn)
Czech: nunčaky m pl
Dutch: wurgstokjes n
Finnish: nunchaku
French: nunchaku (fr) m
German: Nunchaku (de) n
Hungarian: nuncsaku (hu)

Japanese: 双節棍 ‎(ぬんちゃく, nunchaku), ヌンチャク ‎(nunchaku), ヌウチク ‎(nūchaku)
Korean: 쌍절곤 ‎(ssangjeolgon) (雙節棍)
Marathi: नन्चक ‎(nancaka), नुन्चाकु ‎(nuncāku)
Polish: nunczaku (pl) n
Portuguese: nunchaku m
Russian: нунтя́ку n ‎(nuntjáku) , нунча́ку (ru) n ‎(nunčáku), нунча́ки (ru) n pl ‎(nunčáki)
Vietnamese: song tiết côn, côn nhị khúc, côn hai khúc, lưỡng tiết côn

Coordinate terms

(weapon): flail

Japanese

Romanization

nunchaku

rōmaji reading of ヌンチャク

Portuguese

Noun

nunchaku m (plural nunchakus)

(martial arts) nunchaku (weapon consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord)