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Bajau

Bajau

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Relating to a people who live by the sea in Southeast Asia
  • adjective
: bajau
  • The Bajau women are known to wear a mixture of rice powder and a yellow spice that they apply to their faces as sunscreen.

Examples

  • The Bajau Laut: Adaptation, history, and fate in a maritime fishing society of southeastern Sabah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The Bajau people have a rich cultural heritage that includes unique music and dance traditions.

  • Many Bajau communities continue to practice traditional fishing methods passed down through generations.

  • The Bajau language is part of the Austronesian family and is spoken by tens of thousands in Southeast Asia.

Surface Forms

Bajau positive

Etymology

Bajau comes from the name this seafaring people use for themselves in parts of Southeast Asia, often seen as Bajo or Sama-Bajau. So when Bajau is used as an adjective it means 'from the Bajau people' or 'related to their sea and boat life'.