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‖ kidang|kɪˈdæŋ|
Now usually kijang. Also kejang.
[Javanese.]
The Malay name for the Indian muntjac or barking deer, Muntiacus muntjak.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 94 Deer: rooso: keejang. These are variety [sic] of the deer species. 1824Horsfield Zool. Res. Java, Cervus Muntjak, The chace of the Kidang, by means of dogs, affords occasionally a favourite amusement to the natives of rank in Java. Ibid. In the Javanese language..the name is Kīdang, which with a slight modification—Kîjang—is also employed in the Malayan language. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 436 Of the genus Cervus, are the Kijang or Cervus Muntjac, the Rúsa etc. 1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 602/2 The kidang or mintjac (Cervulus muntjac) and the rusa (Rusa hippelaphus) are the chief representatives of the deer kind [in Java]. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic v. 251 The Gold spirit being supposed to take the shape of a kijang or roe-deer. 1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle ii. 28 They'll eat Rusa, Pelandok, and Kijang. 1965C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari iii. 38 The first visitor to the salt-lick was a kijang or barking deer. |