navaja
/naˈbaxa/ · B2 · noun · f
pocketknife, penknife, jackknife
🪒🔪 From Latin novacula, razor, from novare, to renew: a shave makes you new
Navaja comes from Latin novacula, razor, built on novare, to make new, since a shave renews the face. The same blade word later covered folding pocketknives and the long thin razor clam. Say it na-BA-ha: the j is a throaty h.