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‖ tuak|ˈtuːæk|
[Malay.]
A locally-distilled Malaysian or Indonesian palm- or rice-wine.
[1850Jrnl. Indian Archipelago IV. 179 Liquid sugar..is obtained by boiling the juice extracted from the loutar or tuak palm.] 1852Ibid. VI. 317, I could not learn that they prepared any fermented liquor, not even sago-weer or tuak. 1920C. Lumholtz Through Central Borneo II. xxxi. 335 On the Upper Samba the custom still prevails of drinking tuak from human skulls. 1961P. Kemp Alms for Oblivion vii. 119 Tuak drinking is a favourite pastime of the elderly men. Tuak, or toddy, is brewed from the juice of the sugar palm; it looks and tastes somewhat like farm cider,..though not so intoxicating. 1966Festival Malaysia 1966: Calendar of Events 10/1 Tuak (locally distilled rice-wine) is the drink of the occasion [sc. a Dyak Gawai]. 1977Borneo Bull. 7 May 4/5 The main cultural show was at an open night for all participants at the Rest House which would have been even more fun if the tuak had not run out early. |