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Dyak

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Dyak
    dī′ak the Malay name for the race who constitute the bulk of the aboriginal population of Borneo, divided into innumerable tribes, differing pretty widely in language, customs, and degrees of savageness
  2. Dyak
    Also Day′ak
Usage in literature

The Dyaks have great difficulty in distinguishing sleep from death. "The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul" by Jirah D. Buck

She had been a Dyak girl. "Flash-lights from the Seven Seas" by William L. Stidger

Though the Dyaks make excellent soldiers, as I have said, they are always savages at heart. "Where the Strange Trails Go Down" by E. Alexander Powell

The inhabitants are mostly Dyaks. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2" by Various

The land Dyaks are inferior, both morally and physically, to the sea Dyaks. "On the Equator" by Harry de Windt

The Kayans imitated by the Dyaks in a curious personal adornment. "British Borneo" by W. H. Treacher

The Dyaks of Sarebas and Sakarran, a brave and noble people, were taught piracy by the Malays who dwelt among them. "Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak" by Harriette McDougall

The spirits, according to the Dyaks, rove about the jungle and hunt for wild beasts, as the Dyaks do themselves. "Children of Borneo" by Edwin Herbert Gomes

It was just as the Dyak had predicted. "Bruin" by Mayne Reid

Not even a Dyak or Sulu could have squeezed his way in or out by it, and there was nothing for it but to retrace our steps. "The Last Voyage" by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey