different between yakal vs arnis

English

Etymology

From Cebuano yakal.

Noun

yakal (countable and uncountable, plural yakals)

1. (Philippines) Shorea astylosa; a tree endemic to the Philippines.
2. The wood from this tree.

Anagrams

• Kayla

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ya?kal

Noun

yakal

1. yakal (Shorea astylosa)
2. the wood from this tree

Masbatenyo

Noun

yakál

1. yakal (Shorea astylosa)

Tagalog

Noun

yakál

1. yakal (Shorea astylosa)
2. The hardwood or lumber from this tree.

Waray-Waray

Noun

yakál

1. a kind of timber tree (Hopea plagata) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. hardwood or lumber from Hopea plagata

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arnis (countable and uncountable, plural arnises)

1. (countable) A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stick fighting.
2. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

Synonyms

• (martial art): eskrima, kali

Etymology 2

Noun

arnis

1. plural of arni

Anagrams

• Nairs, Nasir, Rains, Risan, naris, nasri, rains, ranis, sarin, siRNA, sirna

Tagalog

Noun

arnis

1. arnis