Dyak

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dyak /ˈdʌɪak/

▶noun & adjective variant spelling of Dayak.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dayak /ˈdʌɪak/ (also Dyak)

▶noun (pl. same or Dayaks)

• 1 a member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting parts of Borneo, including the Iban (or Sea Dayak) of the north and the Land Dayak of the south-west.

• 2 the Austronesian languages spoken by the Dayak.

– origin Malay, lit. ‘up-country’.