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单词 orang laut
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Orang Lautn.

Brit. /əˌraŋ ˈlaʊt/, /ˌɔːraŋ ˈlaʊt/, /ˌɒraŋ ˈlaʊt/, U.S. /ɔˈˌræŋ ˈlaʊt/, /oʊˈˌræŋ ˈlaʊt/
Inflections: Plural unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay orang laut.
Etymology: < Malay orang laut < orang person, people (see Orang Asli n. and adj.) + laut sea. Compare Orang Asli n. and adj., Orang Ulu n.
A member of any of various maritime peoples of South-East Asia, esp. southern Peninsular Malaysia and the adjacent Riau Archipelago, but extending eastwards to the coasts of Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Cf. Bajau n.
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Bugis1672
Rejang1783
Buginese1800
Orang Laut1834
Jakun1839
Sakai1839
Sundanese1849
Timorese1869
Senoi1891
proto-Malay1898
Toradja1911
Temiar1933
Makasarese1948
1834 P. J. Begbie Malayan Penins. i. 9 The Orang Laut are another tribe residing, as their name implies, (Orang Laut, men of the sea) entirely on the sea shore.
1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 135 The frigate-bird shall carry my word to the Kling and the Orang-Laut.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XV. 130/1 They [sc. the Jakuns] are divided into two groups: (1) Jakuns of the jungle, (2) Jakuns of the sea or Orang Laut. The latter set of tribes now comprise the remnants of the pirates or ‘sea gipsies’ of the Malaccan straits.
1963 J. Kirkup Tropic Temper 229 The ancient Orang Laut..peopled the mangrove swamps of the Straits of Johore many centuries before the arrival of the white man in the Peninsula.
1995 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 27 Nov. 3 They are Orang Laut who live only on fish.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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