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Senoi|sɛˈnɔɪ|
[Native name, meaning ‘man’.]
A. n. The name of a people inhabiting the provinces of Perak, Kelantan, and Pahang in West Malaysia; the language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people. Cf. Sakai n. (and a.).
1891Jrnl. Straits Branch R. Asiatic Soc. Dec. 14, I shall deal chiefly with the Sĕn-oi dialect. Ibid. 16 The country South of this line being inhabited by Sĕn-oi, and the northern division by Tĕm-be. Ibid. 22 There are two distinct r's in Sĕn-oi. 1910R. J. Wilkinson Papers on Malay Subjects: Aboriginal Tribes 21 The Northern Sakai of the Plus valley, a different race, also speak of them⁓selves as Senoi and Mai Darat. Ibid. 23 The true ‘Senoi’ quiver is plain. 1923I. H. N. Evans Studies in Religion, Folk-Lore & Custom in Brit. N. Borneo & Malay Peninsula ii. 202 A Senoi man told me the following legend. 1958J. Slimming Temiar Jungle 3 The largest of the three racial divisions, the Senoi, is divided linguistically into..the Semai-Senoi who are scattered across southern Perak & North Pahang and the Temiar-Senoi living to the north of the Semai. 1972E. A. Nida Bk. of Thousand Tongues 386/2 Senoi is spoken by 15,000 to 20,000 people in the South Perak, Ipoh, Tanjong Malim, and Central Pahang states of Malaya. Ibid., The Senoi moved into the higher inland areas during the early 19th century. Ibid., Now speakers of different Senoi dialects can understand one another only with great difficulty. |