gayangen

Kankanaey

Etymology

From gayang +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈjaŋən/ [ɡʌˈjaː.ŋɨn] (“to spear”)
    • Rhymes: -aŋən
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡajaŋən/ [ˌɡaː.jʌˈŋɨn] (“to swoop”)
    • Rhymes: -ajaŋən
  • Syllabification: ga‧ya‧ngen

Verb

gayángën

  1. to spear something

Verb

gáyangën

  1. to swoop down, as a crow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of gayangen
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian gayangen,
(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) gayangon

References

  • Allen, Larry (2021) “gayang”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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