pairang

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Paiwan

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 歹人 (pháiⁿ-lâng, bad person).

Noun

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pairang

  1. Hoklo person/people
  2. (by extension) Han person/people; non-Indigenous person/people/settlement
    • 2020, Abao (lyrics and music), “tjakudain 無奈”, in kinakaian 母親的舌頭[1] ft. (李英宏) Dj Didilong:
      tjakudain? pairang sun, tjakudain
      What can we do? You are not Indigenous. Nothing I can do.

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