Semang

American  

[si-mahng] / sɪˈmɑŋ /

noun

Semangs, plural Semang plural

1. a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Semang
  plural
• Semangs
  plural

Example Sentences

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Semang Semangs

The Semang Negritos persisted as hunter-gatherers trading with neighboring farmers but adopted an Austroasiatic language from those farmers—much as, we shall see, Philippine Negrito and African Pygmy hunter-gatherers adopted languages from their farmer trading partners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

All possess the bow and arrow, though only the Semang and Aeta use poison.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

She felt that she no longer had cause to be troubled; that whatever she and Semang might need would come without effort on their part.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

These are reported under a variety of names, of which Semang and Sakaí are perhaps the best known.

From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan

After bringing all the goods from the house to the prahu, Semang started down-stream.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl

East of Bali, however, the Orang Binua re-appear, and here the type is that of the Semangs.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Farther south are the Semangs of Kedah, with an average stature of four feet ten inches, and the Jakuns of Singapore, rising to five feet.

From A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Tyson, Edward

In the case of the Semangs we have the kinless totemic belief and custom existing within a kinless society.

From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence