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单词 Kayan
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Definition of Kayan in English:

Kayan

nounPlural Kayans ˈkʌɪən
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of Sarawak and Borneo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everybody got drunk on tuak and had a great time, though the Kayans never caught any fish.
    • The other Dayak groups, especially the Kayans and Penans, have maintained their ancient customs, habits, and religious beliefs to a much greater extent.
    • The Kayans are perhaps less aggressive than any other of the interior peoples with the exception of the Punans.
    • In the village I saw the Kayans singing songs and playing musical instruments to get money from the tourists.
    • There is a disciplinary board with elder Kayans acting as advisers since they are well versed in customary law.
  • 2mass noun The Indonesian language of the Kayan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Consider the following systems from two western Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken within a few hundred miles of each other: Kayan, spoken in central Borneo; and Kimaragang Dusun, spoken in northeastern Borneo.
    • Kenyah and Kayan are closely related Austronesian languages.
adjectiveˈkʌɪən
  • Relating to the Kayan or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As with early processes of conversion, the decision to cease making rice wine seems to have been taken on a community basis at some Kayan villages.
    • This paper is based on field research in the mid-1990s in a remote upriver Kayan community on the Baram River in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
    • Nevertheless, the feeling that moral dangers attend the habit of smoking is real enough and the censure that accrues to the practice is a deterrent to most young Kayan women.
    • Patterns of consumption do vary, however, including between Kayan communities themselves.
    • Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men.

Origin

The name in Kayan.

 
 

Definition of Kayan in US English:

Kayan

nounˈkīən
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of Sarawak and Borneo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Everybody got drunk on tuak and had a great time, though the Kayans never caught any fish.
    • There is a disciplinary board with elder Kayans acting as advisers since they are well versed in customary law.
    • In the village I saw the Kayans singing songs and playing musical instruments to get money from the tourists.
    • The other Dayak groups, especially the Kayans and Penans, have maintained their ancient customs, habits, and religious beliefs to a much greater extent.
    • The Kayans are perhaps less aggressive than any other of the interior peoples with the exception of the Punans.
  • 2The Indonesian language of the Kayan.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Consider the following systems from two western Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken within a few hundred miles of each other: Kayan, spoken in central Borneo; and Kimaragang Dusun, spoken in northeastern Borneo.
    • Kenyah and Kayan are closely related Austronesian languages.
adjectiveˈkīən
  • Relating to the Kayan or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This paper is based on field research in the mid-1990s in a remote upriver Kayan community on the Baram River in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
    • Nevertheless, the feeling that moral dangers attend the habit of smoking is real enough and the censure that accrues to the practice is a deterrent to most young Kayan women.
    • Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men.
    • Patterns of consumption do vary, however, including between Kayan communities themselves.
    • As with early processes of conversion, the decision to cease making rice wine seems to have been taken on a community basis at some Kayan villages.

Origin

The name in Kayan.

 
 
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