Punan
noun
a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
Punans
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pluralof Punan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To this end I had taken along one of the Sultan's petty officials, a so-called raja, who exercised more or less control over the Punans.
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
NOSE: the breadth varies between 37 and 43 mm., whereas in the Punans measured by us the range was between 34 and 44 mm.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Among the Penyahbongs, Saputans, Punans, and Penihings a woman may accompany her husband or another man on the chase, carry a spear, and assist in killing pig or deer.
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
Doctor Kohlbrugge and Doctor Haddon consider the Ot-Danums as Indonesians, to whom the former also consigns the Kayans and the Punans.
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
For curing disease the Punans use strokes of the hand.
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
