Semangn.adj.

Brit.

/səˈmaŋ/, U.S.

/səˈmæŋ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Semangs.

Forms: 1800s– Samang, 1800s– Semang.

Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay Semang.

Etymology: < Malay Semang, probably < a form in an Aslian language meaning ‘human being’.

A. n.

A Negrito people inhabiting the interior of the Malay Peninsula; a member of this people. Negrito is now the preferred term.

ΚΠ

1808 Asiatick Researches 10 218 The black mountaineer tribes of the Malay peninsula, termed at Kiddeh, Samang.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xv. 377 It would appear that the Semang does not differ much in personal appearance from the Jakun.

1860 M. Reid Odd People 415 The Samangs—a tribe inhabiting the mountainous parts of the Malayan peninsula—are also a negro or negrillo race.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 485/2 The Vaalpens represent..a state of arrested development analogous to that of the Samangs and other Negritoes of the Malay Peninsula.

1920 R. J. Wilkinson Hist. Peninsular Malays (ed. 2) i. 3 A Semang is a nomadic primitive Peninsular negrito.

1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) x. 424 Asia is particularly rich in tribal societies with ‘internally marginal’ cultures. Examples are..Palaung, Kachin, Moi, Semang, Sakai, and many others in the states of Farther India and Malaya.

2008 M. Roseman in T. E. Miller & S. Williams Garland Handbk. Southeast Asian Music ii. 317 The Semang are mostly hunters who live in impermanent constructions.

B. adj.

Of or relating to this people or their language.

ΚΠ

1817 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Oct. 239/2 The whole of the Semang race, in that quarter, do not exceed the number of 400.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xv. 379 The Semang women..are said to be in common.

1907 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 6 337 Comparisons between the Sakai and Semang words of the Malay Peninsula with Bantu or Hottentot roots.

1914 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 27 330 Compare the Bushman rain-charms among the Semang tribes of East Malacca.

1982 A. G. Gomes Ecol. Adaptation & Population Change (subtitle) Semang foragers and Temuan horticulturists in West Malaysia.

2001 J. S. Goldstein War & Gender i. 33 Semang culture makes a few references to past times of fighting with neighboring tribes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	semang
释义	Semangn.adj. Brit. /səˈmaŋ/, U.S. /səˈmæŋ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Semangs. Forms: 1800s– Samang, 1800s– Semang. Origin: A borrowing from Malay. Etymon: Malay Semang. Etymology: < Malay Semang, probably < a form in an Aslian language meaning ‘human being’. A. n. A Negrito people inhabiting the interior of the Malay Peninsula; a member of this people. Negrito is now the preferred term. ΚΠ 1808 Asiatick Researches 10 218 The black mountaineer tribes of the Malay peninsula, termed at Kiddeh, Samang. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xv. 377 It would appear that the Semang does not differ much in personal appearance from the Jakun. 1860 M. Reid Odd People 415 The Samangs—a tribe inhabiting the mountainous parts of the Malayan peninsula—are also a negro or negrillo race. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 485/2 The Vaalpens represent..a state of arrested development analogous to that of the Samangs and other Negritoes of the Malay Peninsula. 1920 R. J. Wilkinson Hist. Peninsular Malays (ed. 2) i. 3 A Semang is a nomadic primitive Peninsular negrito. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) x. 424 Asia is particularly rich in tribal societies with ‘internally marginal’ cultures. Examples are..Palaung, Kachin, Moi, Semang, Sakai, and many others in the states of Farther India and Malaya. 2008 M. Roseman in T. E. Miller & S. Williams Garland Handbk. Southeast Asian Music ii. 317 The Semang are mostly hunters who live in impermanent constructions. B. adj. Of or relating to this people or their language. ΚΠ 1817 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Oct. 239/2 The whole of the Semang race, in that quarter, do not exceed the number of 400. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xv. 379 The Semang women..are said to be in common. 1907 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 6 337 Comparisons between the Sakai and Semang words of the Malay Peninsula with Bantu or Hottentot roots. 1914 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 27 330 Compare the Bushman rain-charms among the Semang tribes of East Malacca. 1982 A. G. Gomes Ecol. Adaptation & Population Change (subtitle) Semang foragers and Temuan horticulturists in West Malaysia. 2001 J. S. Goldstein War & Gender i. 33 Semang culture makes a few references to past times of fighting with neighboring tribes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1808
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