# Pakayun

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Sabre sword

Pakayun A late 19th century pakayun sword. Type Sabre sword Place of origin Borneo (Brunei; North Kalimantan, Indonesia; Sabah, Malaysia) Service history Used by Dayak people (Murut people), Orang Ulu (Lun Bawang) Specifications Length approximately 80–90 cm (31–35 in) blade Blade type Single edge Hilt type Wood with brass ferrule Scabbard/sheath Wood

The **pakayun**, as it is called among Malay-speaking Muruts, or **parapat** in the [Murut language](/source/Murutic_languages),[1] or **pelepet** or **felepet** to the [Lun Bawang](/source/Lun_Bawang) / Lundayeh people,[2] is a sword characteristic of the [Murut people](/source/Murut_people) of [Borneo](/source/Borneo).[3]

The pakayun is a sabre sword with a light curved blade and a curious forked pommel.[4] 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.[5]

A Pakayun sword in its scabbard.

## See also

- [Malaysia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Malaysia)
- [Indonesia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Indonesia)

- [Niabor](/source/Niabor)

- [Langgai tinggang](/source/Langgai_tinggang)

- [Mandau (knife)](/source/Mandau_(knife))

- [Dohong](/source/Dohong)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *The Sarawak Museum Journal: Volume 4, Issues 12-15*. The Gouvernment Printing Office, Kuching Sarawak. 1937. p. 230. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1227337846](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1227337846).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Haslina Bujang (27 October 2018). ["Senjata Tradisional Lun Bawang Yang Hilang – Felepet"](https://www.thepatriots.asia/senjata-tradisional-lun-bawang-yang-hilang-felepet/). The Patriots. Retrieved 2023-09-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "American Anthropological Association, Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.), American Ethnological Society". *American Anthropologist: Volume 4*. American Anthropological Association. 1902. p. 557. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [51205515](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/51205515).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** George Cameron Stone (2013). *A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times*. Dover Publications. p. 479. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-04-861-3129-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-04-861-3129-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1901). *Journal - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 31*. Dover Publications. p. 225. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0025-1496](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0025-1496).

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