| 释义 |
Punan|pjuːˈnɑːn|
Also 9 Panam.
[Native name.]
A group of Dyak peoples inhabiting parts of Borneo, mostly living nomadically in interior jungles; a member of this people.
1838J. Brooke Lett. (1853) I. 25 The Panams, a race little better than monkeys, who live in trees, eat without cooking, are hunted by the other tribes, and would seem to exist in the lowest conceivable grade of humanity. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 58/1 The fifth and lowest [branch of Dyaks] comprises the Manketans and Punans, who are still nomadic and ignorant of agriculture. 1927Brit. Weekly 19 May 154/1 A Punan will never wantonly slay or attack a man of another tribe. 1960Spectator 28 Oct. 662 The..elementary Punan, these..being nomadic forest hunters [of Borneo]. 1964T. Harrisson in Wang Gungwu Malaysia iii. xi. 164 The nearest thing to the Malayan aborigine in Borneo is the nomadic Punan. |