单词 | kenyah |
释义 | Kenyahn. A member of one of the indigenous peoples inhabiting parts of Borneo and Sarawak. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Borneo and Sarawak > [noun] > person Dayak1836 Murut1836 Kenyah1866 Iban1911 1866 C. Brooke Ten Years Saráwak I. ii. 73 The branches [of the Malanans] inhabiting the inland and up-rivers..are Kanowit..Kenniah, Bakatan..and numerous others. 1901 Hose & McDougall in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 31 174 The Kenyahs inhabit a district far inland among the head-waters of the Baram river. 1901 Hose & McDougall in Jrnl. Antropol. Inst. 31 175 Of the many animals that the Kenyahs dare not eat or kill..the common white-headed carrion-hawk..is by far the most important. 1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) II. xxi. 385 In the interior of Borneo the Kenyahs generally place before the main entrance of their houses the wooden image of Balli Atap, that is, the Spirit or God (Balli) of the Roof. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 346/1 Kenyah economy is based on the cultivation of dry rice in jungle clearings. 1960 Guardian 9 Nov. 10/3 The population [of Sarawak] includes..Kelebits, Kenyas, Muruts, and others. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1866 |
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