Salibubu

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saliˈbubu/ [sʌ.liˈbuː.bu]
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /haliˈbubu/ [hʌ.liˈbuː.bu]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /sariˈbubu/ [sʌ.riˈbuː.bu]
  • Rhymes: -ubu
  • Syllabification: Sa‧li‧bu‧bu

Proper noun

Salibúbu

  1. (astronomy) Pleiades (a constellation)

Synonyms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91