Dayak

See also: dayak

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Dayak (plural Dayaks or Dayak)

  1. An indigenous native of Borneo.

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Dayak, from Dutch Dayak, coined by August Kaderland in 1895, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, likely used to refer peoples living in the interiors of Borneo.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dayak

  1. Dayak

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