Sirayan

English Etymology From en Siraya an. Adjective - Pertaining to the Siraya people Siraya tribe, an indigenous people of Taiwan. en 2008 The Colonial 'civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa: 1624 - 1662 Chiu Hsin-Hui 900416507X Sirayan pragmatism was obviously the key reason that they showed no desire to make a headlong rush into the new faith, but Candidius blamed the inibs for this recalcitrance. en 2010 Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide Steven Crook 219 184162330X Elements of its culture and language live on, and the association is striving to 'energise the Siraya tribe' and reconstruct the Sirayan language, the last native speaker having died c 1908. Noun ~ en countable A member of the Siraya tribe. en 2008 The Colonial 'civilizing Process' in Dutch Formosa: 1624 - 1662 Chiu Hsin-Hui 135 900416507X In Sirayan society, the Reverend Candidius observed that the Sirayans had a different definition of "sins", which he considered were merely "fanciful inventions" not forbidden by the Law of God. en 2010 Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide Steven Crook 219 184162330X Unlike the Han people, who have traditionally preferred to bury their dead at times and in locations they consider auspicious, when a Sirayan died his or her body was first preserved by smoking, the buried under the floor of the family home. en uncountable The traditional language of the Sirayans. en 2016 The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600-1800 Ulrich L. Lehner; Richard A. Muller; A.G. Roeber 0190632488 While texts in Sirayan and other aboriginal languages are lost, there is still a substantial extant corpus of texts in Sinckan and Favorlang. Anagrams en aainrsy asinary