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pinang
1[ pi-nang ]
noun
- the betel palm or its nut.
Pinang
2[ pi-nang, -nahng ]
noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pinang1
Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65
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Example Sentences
These laws are called huhum pinang àn,—from depang àn, to eat—law or sentence to eat.
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There are small parties also in the mountains inland of Jooroo and Krian, opposite Pinang.
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Mr Hooker, when he saw them, said they were the pinang, or betel-nut palm—Areca catechu.
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In Sumatra a full grown plant has been known to produce seven pounds; in Pinang the yield is much more.
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A large supply of nutmeg and clove plants arrived at Pinang in 1802, from the Molucca Islands.
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