Dayak
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Dayak
First recorded in 1830–40
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The auction house, in Bangor, County Down, has two human heads listed for sale in an ongoing auction: the 3,000-year-old Egyptian head and a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Dayak peoples are indigenous to the Indonesian part of Borneo, known as Kalimantan.
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
A large live porcupine was also brought for sale by a Dayak woman who had raised it.
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
It is not just Dayaks who are anxious.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
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
When a palm oil company began to illegally clear parts of the Taneh Ulen in 2009 without asking for prior permission, the Dayaks were prepared to fight back.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
With an eye toward helping the Dayaks and others in a similar predicament to better use the data they collect, Radjawali has helped to create the Swandiri Institute in the West Kalimantan capital of Pontianak.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
When going to their ladangs in the morning the Dayaks passed my tent, thence following the tiny affluent, Kai, from which the kampong received its name.
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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