Minangkabau
People Sumatera Barat
Vigorous Contested
Other and rejected name forms
A rejected form remains searchable so that older sources stay findable, but it is never used in the prose of an entry.
Minangkabau
Primary name
Urang Awak
Alternate name
Minang
Alternate name
Menangkabau
Historical form
Padangese
Rejected exonym
Names the city of Padang, not the group. Used in colonial literature and some travel writing; not used here as a primary name.
Revisions
2025-08-05
Terminology note on “suku” added
2025-07-18
Claim CLM-0007 closed; kinship section restructured
2025-05-12
Merantau section added with two sources
2025-02-03
Entry created from field recording SRC-0101
Discussion
Writing of the terms suku and kaum
Open
Rina Yusra
Data steward — LKAAM · 2025-08-02
The kinship section uses “suku” for the matrilineal clan. That is correct here, but an outside reader will read it as “ethnic group” as in the census. A distinguishing note is needed at first use.
Redaksi Sumatera
Editorial · 2025-08-05
Accepted. A terminology note has been added and linked to the term entry. The change is recorded in the revision of 2025-08-05.