pinang
noun
the betel palm or its nut.
pinang
1 American
[pi-nang]
/ pɪˈnæŋ /
noun
Pinang
2
American
[pi-nang, -nahng]
/ pɪˈnæŋ, -ˈnɑŋ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of pinang
Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65
Example Sentences
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One of the women goes to the patient, who, clad in black, sits alone on a mat, and brings her a pinang blossom to hold, covering her head with a cloth.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
Rice is thrown on her and she is fanned with the pinang blossoms, but the women who attend to her only share her fate and also become senseless.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
The South Americans chew the cocoa and mambee, and the eastern people the betel and areca, or, as they are called in the Malay language, sirih and pinang.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
All the preparation consists in spreading on the sirih leaf a small quantity of the chunam and folding it up with a slice of the pinang nut.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
Then the medicine women are whirled round in the cone, and one by one they fall into a faint, to be recovered by fanning with the pinang blossom.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
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