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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Kankanaey Supang. See that for more details.
Proper noun
Supang
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines
- Coordinate terms: Bao-angan, Bun-ayan, Busa, Camatagan, Capinitan, Data, Gayang, Lagan, Losad, Namatec, Napua, Pingad, Poblacion, Supang, Tambingan — barangays of Sabangan
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Kankanaey Supang.
Proper noun
Supang
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines
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
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈsupaŋ/
- IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ˈhupaŋ/
- Rhymes: -upaŋ
- Syllabification: Su‧pang
Proper noun
Supang
- A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines
References
- Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25, page 59