punji en · NOUN
Etymology
From Jingpho [Term?].
Meanings
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A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
Ordinary punjis will penetrate thick uniforms or the upper part of a shoe.
2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| panjee | alternative | lexicographic | |
| punjie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| punjis | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| punjee | alternative | lexicographic | |
| panji | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
ranjau · punji stick · ranjow
Translations (3)
id ranjau (sharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies) · pl punji (sharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies) · kix vàh (sharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies)