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Minangkabau, a. and n.|ˌmɪnæŋkəˈbaʊ| Also Manikabowe, Menangkabau, Menangkabo, 8 Menangcabow(e), 9 Menangkabow, Minangkabauer. Pl. Minangkabau, -baus. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Minangkabau, a Malay territory in the highlands of Sumatra. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Minangkabau.
1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 279 Between the Menangcabow people, those of Rou.., and the Achenese, wars used to be perpetual. 1808Asiatick Researches X. iii. 165 The Menangkábow race..seem at an early period to have ruled the whole island of Sumatra. 1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals ii. 37 All the Menangcabows were surprised at his appearance. 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. v. 200 The inhabitants [of Naning]..are always styled ‘Manikábowes’, or settlers from Menángkábowe, in Sumatra. Ibid. II. xiv. 219 The information..was derived..from various Menangkabowe chiefs of Rumbowe and Naning. 1911J. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. iii. 58 The Minangkabauers of Sumatra..will call in the help of a wizard. Ibid. 193 The Minangkabau people of Sumatra. 1947R. O. Winstedt Malays viii. 154 Some of the sayings of the Minangkabau tribes of Negri Sembilan rise to poetry. 1968Encycl. Brit. XV. 144/1 The Menangkabau have much in common with the coastal Malay, but differ radically in social organization. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 65 The Randai, the Minangkabau dance drama from West Sumatra. |