Dayak

Day·ak

(dā′ăk′) or Dy·ak (dī′-)

n. pl. Dayak or Day·aks also Dyak or Dy·aks

1. A member of any of various Indonesian peoples inhabiting Borneo.

2. The language of the Dayak.

[Dayak Daya, Dayaq, upcountry (sense uncertain), Dayak.]

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Dayak

(ˈdaɪæk)

n, pl -aks or -ak

(Peoples) a variant spelling of Dyak

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Day•ak

or Dy•ak

(ˈdaɪ æk, -ək)

n., pl. -aks, (esp. collectively) -ak.

a member of any of a number of peoples inhabiting the interior of S and E Indonesian Borneo and S Sarawak.

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The operations, according to the spokesman, launched in Qarabagh and Dayak districts on Tuesday and would last until the militants "are wiped out from the area."