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Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /dajˈjakus/
- IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /dajˈjakuh/
- Rhymes: -akus, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -akuh
- Syllabification: day‧ya‧kus
Noun
dayyákus
- a kind of daing that is only for the celebration of successful headhunters.
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies, volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 105