dusdusnug

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dusdusˈnuɡ/ [dʊs.dʊsˈnoɡ̚]
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /duhduhˈnuɡ/ [dʊh.dʊhˈnoɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -uɡ
  • Syllabification: dus‧dus‧nug

Noun

dusdusnúg

  1. (astronomy) shooting star
    Synonym: takkin di talaw
  2. cattail, reedmace
  3. a tall rush growing in rice fields
  4. a variety of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “dusdusnúg”, 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 143
  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.