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单词 Kayan
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Kayan

/ˈkīən /
noun (plural same or Kayans)
1A member of an indigenous people of Sarawak and Borneo.In the village I saw the Kayans singing songs and playing musical instruments to get money from the tourists....
  • Everybody got drunk on tuak and had a great time, though the Kayans never caught any fish.
  • There is a disciplinary board with elder Kayans acting as advisers since they are well versed in customary law.
2The Indonesian language of the Kayan.Kenyah and Kayan are closely related Austronesian languages....
  • Consider the following systems from two western Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken within a few hundred miles of each other: Kayan, spoken in central Borneo; and Kimaragang Dusun, spoken in northeastern Borneo.
adjective
Relating to the Kayan or their language.As with early processes of conversion, the decision to cease making rice wine seems to have been taken on a community basis at some Kayan villages....
  • Nevertheless, the feeling that moral dangers attend the habit of smoking is real enough and the censure that accrues to the practice is a deterrent to most young Kayan women.
  • Patterns of consumption do vary, however, including between Kayan communities themselves.

Origin

The name in Kayan.

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