Ibann.adj.
/ˈiːban//iːˈban/ A. n.
A people of Sarawak, also known as the Sea Dyaks; a member of this people, and the name of their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Borneo and Sarawak > [noun]
Dusun1836
Punan1838
Kayan1846
Iban1911
the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Borneo and Sarawak > [noun] > person
Dayak1836
Murut1836
Kenyah1866
Iban1911
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Sundic > specific Sundic languages
Rejang1783
Sumatran1799
Balinese1820
Sundanese1849
Sasak1961
Iban1969
1911 F. W. Page-Turner in Sarawak Mus. Jrnl. 1 133 A child which they adopted and named Diang Idah who is the origin of the tribe called Iban.
1960 Guardian 9 Nov. 10/3 The population includes Ibans (also known as Sea Dayaks).
1967 B. 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.
1969 Franciscan Missionary Herald XXXIV. 35 Mother St. Robert and Sister Otteran speak Iban.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people.
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Kayan1846
Dusun1851
Murut1858
Punan1892
Iban1911
1911 F. W. Page-Turner in Sarawak Mus. Jrnl. 1 133 Tiang Laju is thus the origin of the Iban race as the grand-parents of Diang Idah came from there.
1962 B. Harrisson Orang-Utan ii. 53 An Iban Dayak from the Sebuyan area in the Second Division of Sarawak.
1969 Franciscan Missionary Herald XXXIV. 36 The interior of an Iban Long-house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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