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Kayan|ˈkaɪən|
Also Kyan.
[Native name.]
The name of a people of Sarawak and Borneo, of a member of this people, and of their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
1846C. D. Bethune in Jrnl. R. Geogr. Soc. XVI. 297 The indigenous population [of Borneo] is included under the names of Dayák, Kadáyan, Milanau, Káyan, Murút, Dusúr. Ibid. 299 The Káyan is the most numerous tribe... Their dialect is different from the Dayák. Ibid., Hill tribes..much oppressed by the Káyans. 1848H. Low Sarawak iv. 97 The Dyaks, the Kyans, and other aboriginal tribes. Ibid. x. 331 The swords of the Kyan tribes are of very peculiar construction. 1858S. St. John Jrnl. 1 Sept. in Life Forests Far East (1862) II. iii. 45, I then made Japer hail in the Kayan and also in the Murut languages. 1873Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. XVII. 133 Their [sc. the Pakattans'] language is quite different to Malay, Dyak, or Kyan. 1886in F. Hatton N. Borneo (ed. 2) vii. 322 No European blade is more finely tempered than these Kayan weapons. Ibid. 329 This Kayan instrument gives forth a soft and soothing kind of music. 1914Sat. Rev. 31 Jan. 147/2 The Ranee carries her love for her people to the extent of even finding excuses for the head-hunting propensities of the Dyaks and Kayans. 1938C. H. Hartley in T. Harrisson Borneo Jungle 149 The orators spoke in Kayan, but subsequently translated their remarks into Malay. 1960K. F. Wong Pagan Innocence pl. 64 (caption) Her baby has been given a good start in life, from the Kayan point of view, by the acquisition of ear-rings to elongate the lobes. 1960Guardian 9 Nov. 10/3 The population [of Sarawak] includes..Malays, Melanaus, Kayans..and others. 1964T. Harrisson in Wang Gungwu Malaysia iii. xi. 170 A Kayan put down among Kelabits will not understand a word. |