yegyeg

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəɡˈjəɡ/ [jɨɡ̚ˈjɨɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -əɡ
  • Syllabification: yeg‧yeg

Noun

yëgyë́g

  1. earthquake
  2. (of laughter) immoderate, suffocating, excessive

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of yegyeg
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian yegyeg,
(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) yogyog
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada yegyeg,
(Pidlisan) yekhyekh

Derived terms

  • manyegyeg
  • mayegyeg

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “yegyég”, 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 506
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “yegyég”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
  • Wallace, Judy (2018) “yegyeg”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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