baybayen

Kankanaey

Etymology

From baybay +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajˈbajən/ [bai̯ˈbaː.jɨn]
  • Rhymes: -ajən
  • Syllabification: bay‧ba‧yen

Verb

baybáyën

  1. to level the ground to make a rice field

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of baybayen
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian baybayen,
(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) baybayon
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada baybayen,
(Tanulong) ghayghayen

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “baybáy”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 78
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “baybáy”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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