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Iban, n. and a.|ˈiːbæn, iːˈbæn|
[Native name.]
A. n. A people of Sarawak, also known as the Sea Dyaks; a member of this people, and the name of their language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people.
1911F. W. Page-Turner in Sarawak Mus. Jrnl. I. 133 A child which they adopted and named Diang Idah who is the origin of the tribe called Iban. Ibid., Tiang Laju is thus the origin of the Iban race as the grand-parents of Diang Idah came from there. 1960Guardian 9 Nov. 10/3 The population includes Ibans (also known as Sea Dayaks). 1962B. Harrisson Orang-Utan ii. 53 An Iban Dayak from the Sebuyan area in the Second Division of Sarawak. 1967B. Sandin Sea Dayaks of Borneo p. xix, ‘Iban’ is a term of Kayan origin which did not come into general use until quite late in the nineteenth century, while the term ‘Sea Dayak’ was imposed by the Brookes... The Ibans originally had no term which recognised their indisputable ethnic unity. 1969Franciscan Missionary Herald XXXIV. 35 Mother St. Robert and Sister Otteran speak Iban. Ibid. 36 The interior of an Iban Long-house. |