Dayak

[ dahy-ak, -uhk ]

noun,plural Day·aks, (especially collectively) Day·ak.

a member of any of several Indigenous, Austronesian-speaking tribal peoples of Sarawak and Indonesian Borneo.

Origin of Dayak

First recorded in 1830–40

Also Dy·ak .

Words Nearby Dayak

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How to use Dayak in a sentence

Here also was a fort with its cannon, with a Dayak or Malay sergeant and a dozen men in charge.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
A Dayak goes on the war-path more for the sake of the heads he may get, than for the honour and glory of the fighting.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
Generally, though, there is precious little fighting, as the Dayak attacks only when his victims are unprepared.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
I took with me my two servants, Dubi, a civilized Dayak, and my Chinese cook.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker
As is well known, the Dayak women all wear rings of brass around their waists.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid Walker

British Dictionary definitions for Dayak

Dayak

/ (ˈdaɪæk) /

nounplural -aks or -ak

a variant spelling of Dyak

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