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arnis^¹

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

noun arnises

uncountable Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
countable A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.

Similar: eskrima, kali

arnis^²

noun

plural plural of arni

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Similar: eskrima, kali

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@misc{arnis_2026,
  title = {arnis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arnis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}