Pakayun

{{Italic title}} {{Infobox weapon |name= Pakayun | image= BRITISH MUSEUM sword As1951,04.53.a.png | image_size = 350 |caption= A late 19th century pakayun sword. |origin= [[Borneo]] ([[Brunei]]; [[North Kalimantan]], [[Indonesia]]; [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]) |type= [[Sabre]] sword  |is_bladed= Yes  |service= |used_by= [[Dayak people]] ([[Murut people]]), [[Orang Ulu]] ([[Lun Bawang]]) |wars=  |designer= |design_date= |manufacturer= |unit_cost= |production_date= |number= |variants=  |spec_label= |weight= |length= approximately {{convert|80-90|cm|abbr=on}} blade |part_length= |width= |height= |diameter= |crew=  |blade_type= Single edge |hilt_type= Wood with brass ferrule |sheath_type= Wood |head_type= |haft_type= }}

The '''pakayun''', as it is called among Malay-speaking Muruts, or '''parapat''' in the [[Murutic languages|Murut language]],<ref>{{cite book|author=|title=The Sarawak Museum Journal: Volume 4, Issues 12-15|year=1937|publisher=The Gouvernment Printing Office, Kuching Sarawak|oclc=1227337846|page=230}}</ref> or '''pelepet''' or '''felepet''' to the [[Lun Bawang]] / Lundayeh people,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepatriots.asia/senjata-tradisional-lun-bawang-yang-hilang-felepet/ |title=Senjata Tradisional Lun Bawang Yang Hilang – Felepet |author=Haslina Bujang |publisher=The Patriots |date=27 October 2018 |access-date=2023-09-05}}</ref> is a sword characteristic of the [[Murut people]] of [[Borneo]].<ref>{{cite book|contribution=American Anthropological Association, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), American Ethnological Society|title=American Anthropologist: Volume 4|year=1902|publisher=American Anthropological Association|oclc=51205515|page=557}}</ref>

The pakayun is a sabre sword with a light curved blade and a curious forked pommel.<ref>{{cite book|author=George Cameron Stone|title=A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times|year=2013|publisher=Dover Publications|isbn=978-04-861-3129-0|page=479}}</ref> The blade is of almost uniform diameter throughout, with its back shorter than the edge, so that there is a short slope at the tip of the blade.<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland|title=Journal - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 31|year=1901|publisher=Dover Publications|issn=0025-1496|page=225}}</ref> [[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zwaard - RV-2978-45.png|thumb|left|A Pakayun sword in its scabbard.]] {{Clear}}

==See also== {{Portal|Malaysia|Indonesia}} *[[Niabor]] *[[Langgai tinggang]] *[[Mandau (knife)]] *[[Dohong]]

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