Dayak
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Dayak
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Another item on sale is a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
We were walking along a trail when the 43-year-old forester stopped and slid a mandau, the machete-like knife carried by the Indigenous Dayak people, from a sheath at his waist.
From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024
The same is true of the Dayak fruit bat, which can only be found in southeast Asia's Sunda Shelf.
From Salon • May 28, 2022
His family has lived deep in the rainforest for eight generations, and the 62-year-old has been involved in multiple legal actions as the secretary general of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, an Indigenous rights group.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
On the fourth day from Martapura we arrived at the first Dayak habitation, Angkipi, where Bukits have a few small bamboo shanties consisting of one room each, which were the only indications of a kampong.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl
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