Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Assagai \As"sa*gai\, Assegai \As"se*gai\, n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp.
   azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. {Lancegay}.]
   A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for
   stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Source : WordNet®

assagai
     n : the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
         [syn: {assegai}]
     [also: {assegais} (pl)]