sai

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Due to the weapon bans, kobudo evolved through Okinawans making use of domestic and farming implements instead, of which the sai is an example (it is said to have once been a hay-fork).

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  1. A South American monkey of the genus Cebus in a broad sense. See synonyms under saguin.
  2. A guitguit of the genus Cœreba, C. cyanea, about 4½ inches long, bright-blue, varied with black, green, and yellow, and with red bill and feet, inhabiting tropical America. See cut under Cœrebinæ.

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  • Shi-sai will be in labour soon, and I have promised to help when the waters break. —  David A
  • The battalion's 1st Company was forced to make another eighty kilometer overland drive to Sara-sai, where it became the corps reserve. —  Panzer Aces
  • White flakes stuck to their clothing and to the shaggy fur of the ponies pulling the arabas They were crossing a sai, a great stretch of sand and boulders. —  013 - Meteor Menace
  • Bajiak mat rumeh a-sai ku. tapi, mi-ek ... mi-ek amat rumeh a-sai ku. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • Bonsai first appeared in China more than a thousand years ago, and was knows as "pun-sai" according to www.
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  1. = French saiou, from Brazilian sai, çai.
 

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