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‖ penghulu|pəŋgˈhuːluː|
Also panghulu, pengulu.
[Malay.]
In Malaysia, a head-man or chief.
1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals 49 Under the bandahara immediately was the panghulu bandahari. 1894N. B. Dennys Descr. Dict. Brit. Malaya 285 The Penghulus are elected by the neighbours and confirmed by the Government. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic v. 232 After my arrival with the Pĕnghulu the ceremony began. 1906― & Blagden Pagan Races Malay Peninsula I. 500 When a village migrates, the Penghulu conducts the migration. 1927H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxvii. 219 Norrie addressed himself to the penghulu; the chief answered him with gentle explicitness. 1928L. R. Wheeler Mod. Malay v. i. 194 The peasant class has various grades, from the ‘penghulu’ type, accustomed to exercise authority on a limited scale in his neighbourhood, to the backward natives. 1971Lady 15 July 88/3 The Pengulu, the Headman, shook us by the hand and welcomed us to his domain. 1972A. Amin tr. Ahmad's No Harvest but Thorn viii. 85 Jeha remembered how Lahuma had asked her to go to the Penghulu's house. 1977P. Theroux Consul's File 131 The penghulu, the headman, pointed out that..the rice was planted. |