Supang
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Kankanaey Supang. See that for more details.
Proper noun
Supang
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Kankanaey Supang.
Proper noun
Supang
Kankanaey
Etymology
From supang (“a straight path in between two mountains”).
Folklore says that during the Spanish period, a man named Anastacio Soliven named the area "Supang".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsupaŋ/ [ˈsuː.pʌŋ]
- (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /ˈhupaŋ/ [ˈhuː.pʌŋ]
- Rhymes: -upaŋ
- Syllabification: Su‧pang
Proper noun
Supang
References
- Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey][1] (in Tagalog and Kankanaey), archived from the original on 25 September 2024, page 59