Meanings
plural punjis · alternative panjee · alternative panji · alternative punjee · alternative punjie
- A sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
Ordinary punjis will penetrate thick uniforms or the upper part of a shoe.
2013, Gordon L. Rottman, World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 19Synonyms: punji stick, ranjau, ranjow
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sharpened stick, often made of bamboo and covered in feces or other biohazardous material, set in the ground to wound or impale enemy soldiers.
Origin
- Jingpho[Term?]
- Englishpunji
From Jingpho [Term?].
More words from Jingpho
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Indonesian ranjau
- ranjausharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies
Polish punji
- punjisharpen bamboo stick to harm enemies
Cite this entry
punji. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punji
“punji.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punji. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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