Bajau

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Bajau

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Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau.

noun Bajaus · Bajau · Badjao · Bajao

An island in Indonesia (part of the Riau Islands) with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E.
The indigenous people native to Bajau island (part of modern-day Indonesia), these ethnic group nowadays predominantly inhabit the Bajau island and its adjacent regions in Indonesia and also expanded to the southern Philippines. The Bajaus, or sea gypsies, live in boats, their occupation being fishing.
Similar: sea gypsy

proper noun Badjao · Bajao

The native language spoken by the Bajau people (the indigenous of Bajau island in Indonesia). 2007, Mark T. Miller, A Grammar of West Coast Bajau, PhD Thesis.

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@misc{bajau_2026,
  title = {Bajau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bajau},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}