Bahau

American  

[buh-hou] / bəˈhaʊ /

noun

Bahaus, plural Bahau plural

1. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of central and eastern Borneo.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Bahau
  plural
• Bahaus
  plural

Example Sentences

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Bahau Bahaus

A worker unloads palm oil fruit bunches from a lorry inside a palm oil mill in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia January 30, 2019.

From Reuters ● May 10, 2022

The Bahau of Central Borneo have no notion of the real duration of pregnancy, and date its commencement only from the time of its becoming visible.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

It was with regret that I said good-bye to the Bahau peoples.

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

The Penihings, Kayans, Oma-Sulings, and Long-Glats speak of themselves as Orang Bahau, as also do the Saputans, though probably they did not originally come from Apo Kayan.

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

Most of the Lepo are on the Bahau.

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

Among the Indonesian peoples who thus personify the rice we may take the Kayans or Bahaus of Central Borneo as typical.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

According to Nieuwenhuis the Bahaus and Kenyahs both remember that they came from Apo Kayan at the headwaters of the Kayan river; they were formerly known as the Pari tribes.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)