Dayak
Americannoun
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Dayaks,
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Dayak
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Dayak
First recorded in 1830–40
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Another item on sale is a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Many forest-dwelling Dayak have been fighting to preserve their homes from the encroachment of agriculture and commercial logging.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 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
Tylor says: “The Dayak will not speak of the smallpox by name, but will call it ‘The Chief,’ or ‘Jungle leaves,’ or say, ‘Has He left you?’
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Back then, the Dayaks allied themselves with the Malays, a Muslim ethnic group, suggesting that the conflict was not about religion.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
It is not just Dayaks who are anxious.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
The Dayaks, with the help of Indonesian geographer Irendra Radjawali, are taking full advantage of this technological shake-up.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
But the Setulang Dayaks were no pushovers: Over the years, they had developed a reputation for defending their land against illegal use, even confiscating the keys to logging equipment in one 2002 incident.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
The reputation of the Dayaks for honesty is great among all who know them.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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