Semang

[ si-mahng ]

/ sɪˈmɑŋ /

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noun, plural Se·mangs, (especially collectively) Se·mang.

a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.

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How to use Semang in a sentence

The parallel between Semang and Arunta, therefore, helps us in two ways.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
To these significant characteristics has to be added the special birth custom and belief of the Semang pygmies.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
Among the Semang people, their totemic belief and custom do not carry with them a superstructure of society.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
If this is so, it is clear that the parallel between Semang and Arunta totemism is considerably closer than at first appears.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme

The Semang of Perak is somewhat less rude, and speaks a different dialect.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham