Semang

noun

Se·​mang

sə̇ˈmäŋ

plural Semang or Semangs

1

a

: an indigenous Negrito people of Malaya

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Mon-Khmer language of the Semang people

Word History

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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