Sometimes, nunchakus.an Oriental hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
Origin: 1965–70; < Okinawan Japn version of a dial. Chin (Taiwan) word for a farm implement, prob. neng-cak, equiv. to Chin lyǎng pair(ed) + záo dig (a hole), i.e., two diggers; with 2nd element interpreted as zat, equiv. to Chin jié section
[nuhn-chah-koo] 
