 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1818 - 664 pages
...be scattered over the country, Those on the hills are usually termed Samang, and are woolly-headed ; those on the plain Orang benua, or people belonging...probably the Malays have adopted the term Orang benua. I had an opportunity of seeing two of these people, from a tribe in the neighbourhood of Maldca ; it... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1818 - 642 pages
...be scattered over the country, Those on the hills are usually termed Samang, and are woolly-headed ; those on the plain Orang benua, or people belonging...only a sort of Malay plural to the Arabic word ben or bent, signifying a tribe. The early adventurers from Arabia frequently make mention in their writings... | |
 | John Anderson - 1824 - 316 pages
...(he word Henna being applied by the Malii) s to any extensive Country, as Henna China, Benua Kling, but it appears to be only a sort of Malay plural to the Arabic word Hen or Heni, signifying a tribe." (d). This hypothesis however is satisfactorily confuted by Alarsden,... | |
 | John Anderson - 1824 - 438 pages
...tbe word Bcoua being applied by the Ma. Jays to any extensife Country, as Beuua China, Bepua Kling, but it appears to be only a sort of Malay plural to tbe Arabic word Ben or Beni, signifying a tribe." (d). This hypothecs however is satisfactorily confuted... | |
 | Lady Sophia Raffles - 1835 - 466 pages
...the country ; the word benua being applied by the Malays to any extensive country, as benua China : but it appears to be only a sort of Malay plural to...probably the Malays have adopted the term Orang Benua. " I had an opportunity of seeing two of these people, from a tribe in the neighbourhood of Malacca... | |
 | Edmund Roberts - 1837 - 484 pages
...; the word Benua being applied by the Malays to any extensive country, as Benua China, Benua Kling, but it appears to be only a sort of Malay plural to...the Arabic word Ben or Beni, signifying a tribe." (d) This hypothesis, however, is satisfactorily confuted by Marsden, who asserts that Benua is a genuine... | |
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1840 - 438 pages
...word Benua is applied by the Malays to any extensive country, as Benua China ; but it appears to be a sort of Malay plural to the Arabic word, ben, or...the different tribes they met with to the eastward : from them, most probably, the Malays adopted the term, Orang Benua." according to the same authority,... | |
 | Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - 1878 - 914 pages
...country as benua China, benua Kling ; but it appears to be only the Malay plural of the Arabic word bin or beni, signifying a tribe. The early adventurers...to the Eastward ; and from them, most probably, the Malaya have adopted the term Orang benua. I had an opportunity of seeing two of those people from a... | |
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Keling ; but it appears to be only a sort of Malay plural to the Arabic word ben or beni, signifying a tribe. The early adventurers from Arabia frequently make mention in their writings of the different tribes they met with to the eastward, and from them... 