Dayak
See also: dayak
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Dayak (plural Dayaks or Dayak)
- An indigenous native of Borneo.
Derived terms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay Dayak, from Dutch Dayak, coined by August Kaderland in 1895, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, likely used to refer peoples living in the interiors of Borneo.
Noun
[edit]Dayak
Further reading
[edit]- “Dayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.