Temiarn.adj.
/ˈtɛmɪɑː/ A. n.
An indigenous people of the Malay Peninsula, also called Sakai; a member of this people.
ΘΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [noun] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples
Bugis1672
Rejang1783
Buginese1800
Orang Laut1834
Jakun1839
Sakai1839
Sundanese1849
Timorese1869
Senoi1891
proto-Malay1898
Toradja1911
Temiar1933
Makasarese1948
the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [noun] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples > person
Bajau1769
Rejang1783
Buginese1800
sea-gipsy1817
Makasarese1820
Samsam1836
Jakun1839
Sakai1839
Sundanese1849
Sasak1869
Timorese1869
Temiar1933
Orang Asli1961
pribumi1974
1933 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. (Malayan Branch) 40 291 The Temiars showed an extraordinary desire to sample European medicines.
1958 Listener 13 Nov. 793/3 A Temiar who coveted his wife.
1965 R. McKie Company of Animals v. 91 The Temiar are animists who, living among jungle-covered mountains, are perfectly attuned to their environment.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Malaysian or Indonesian > [adjective] > Malaysian or Indonesian peoples
Macassar1665
Minangkabau1783
Rejang1783
Buginese?1811
Makasarese1841
Sundanese1856
Sasak1869
Bajau1887
Senoi1891
Bugis1898
proto-Malay1898
Temiar1933
mamak1982
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [adjective] > specific Austroasiatic
Annamitic1820
Annamite1843
Annamese1848
Santal1852
Munda1854
Khasi1855
Santalic1875
Mon-Khmer1887
Kol1903
Korku1906
Temiar1933
Mon1939
Vietnamese1947
1933 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. (Malayan Branch) 40 291 The most interesting feature in the Temiar life..was their obvious happiness.
1958 J. Slimming Temiar Jungle iv. 54 A Temiar community lives on the centre tongue of land.
1972 Times 6 Dec. (Europe & Third World Suppl.) p. vii/4 (caption) Temiar aborigines at the Gombak Aborigine Hospital, Malaysia, for treatment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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