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Jakun|dʒɑːˈkuːn|
[Native name.]
An aboriginal people of the southern part of the Malay peninsula; a member of this people; also, their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Stat. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 421 The Jakuns do not differ materially from the Malay in colour or physiognomy. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 323/2 The aborigines..are divided into a great many tribes, of which the best known are the Jakuns, widespread in the south. 1906Skeat & Blagden Pagan Races Malay Peninsula I. ii. v. 235 An old Jakun, who was singularly free from superstition. Ibid. II. iii. vi. 196 In the Semang tribes the office of chief medicine-man appears to be generally combined with that of chief, but amongst the Sakai and Jakun these offices are sometimes separated. Ibid. iv. i. 405 It may be that before their decay, the other Jakun dialects resembled it [sc. Kenaboi] more than they do now... Kenaboi must be regarded either as the best specimen of Jakun recorded or else as not being Jakun at all. 1935Discovery Sept. 262/2 The Jakun, straight haired and akin to the Malay, occupy Southern Johore. 1947R. O. Winstedt Malays 14 A Jakun (or Proto-Malay) marriage ceremony..requires the groom to walk or run after his bride three or seven times round a hillock. 1958Listener 13 Nov. 793/3 Ethnically, they [sc. the aborigines of Malaya] were divided into Jakun (proto-Malays), Negritos, and a group that was primarily Caucasoid. 1972A. Amin tr. Ahmad's No Harvest but Thorn iii. 18 If the jakuns come out what can we say? |