pinang

¹ American  

[pi-nang] / pɪˈnæŋ /

noun

1. the betel palm or its nut.

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Pinang ² American  

[pi-nang, -nahng] / pɪˈnæŋ, -ˈnɑŋ /

noun

1. Penang.

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Etymology

Origin of pinang

Borrowed into English from Malay around 1655–65

Example Sentences

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)

Mr Hooker, when he saw them, said they were the pinang, or betel-nut palm—Areca catechu.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

Then she spread out a new mat for him, and brought out the pinang and sireh, and bade him be seated as she wished to have a chat with him.

From Children of Borneo by Gomes, Edwin Herbert

These laws are called huhum pinang àn,—from depang àn, to eat—law or sentence to eat.

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie