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Kankanaey
Etymology
Compare Ilocano apoy or Tagalog apoy.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔaˈpəj/
- Rhymes: -əj
- Syllabification: a‧pey
Noun
apë́y
- fire
1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos, volume 67, number 1/2 (in Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 76:Sína et (kanó) kanán: "intó san naŋáam sinán apéy ay nay et?" "Dinteŋko san apéy siná."- Then (they say) he says: "Where did you get this fire?" "I found the fire here."