SEMANG  , an aboriginal See also:

• PEOPLE

people of the See also:

• MALAY

Malay See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, found in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PERAK

Perak, Kedah, See also:

• KELANTAN

Kelantan, See also:

• TRENGGANU

Trengganu and the northern districts of Pahang . They are a fairly pure See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the woolly-haired Negrito See also:

• RACE

race, which includes the natives of the Andaman islands, the Aetas of the Philippines and the dwarfs of Central See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The men See also:

• AVERAGE

average about 4 ft . 9 or 10 in., while the See also:

• WOMEN

women are 32 in. shorter . Their See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is a very dark See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown or See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black . The shape of the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head is See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, or intermediate between round and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . The forehead is See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low and rounded, and projects over the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, which is See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, depressed and See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid-shaped . The eyes are wide open and round, showing no obliquity, the See also:

• IRIS

iris being of a very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, deep brown . Lips vary from moderate to full, the mouth is rather large, the See also:

• CHIN

chin feebly See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed, and the jaws are often slightly projecting . The See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair is very dark-brown black, never See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue-black as among See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese and See also:

• MALAYS

Malays . It grows in short, See also:

• SPIRAL

spiral tufts, See also:

• CURLING
• CURLING, THOMAS BLIZARD (1811-1888)

curling closely all over the head . The See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm-stretch is almost always greater than their height .

The feet are usually short and splayed, with a remarkable inward See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve of the See also:

• GREAT

great toe, and are very prehensile . The Semangs live in caves or See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-shelters formed between branches . A waistcloth for the men, made of See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree bark hammered out with a wooden See also:

• MALLET (or MALLOCH), DAVID (?17o5–1765)
• MALLET, PAUL HENRI (173o–18o7)

mallet from the bark of the terap, a See also:

• SPECIES

species of See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• BREAD

bread-See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit tree, and a short See also:

• PETTICOAT

petticoat of the same for the women, is the only See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress worn; many go naked . See also:

• TATTOOING (Tahitian, tatu, from ta, mark)

Tattooing, or rather scarring, is practised, by See also:

• DRAWING

drawing the finely serrated edge of a See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane leaf across the skin and rubbing in See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder . They have See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews' See also:

• HARP (Fr. harpe; Ger. Harfe; Ital. arpa)

harp and a nose See also:

• FLUTE

flute . On festive occasions there is See also:

• SONG

song and See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance, both sexes decorating themselves with leaves . The Semangs See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury their dead simply, See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food and drink being placed in the See also:

• GRAVE

grave .