dusdusnug

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Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /dusdusˈnuɡ/
    • IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /duhduhˈnuɡ/
  • Rhymes: -uɡ
  • Syllabification: dus‧dus‧nug

Noun

dusdusnúg

  1. (astronomy) shooting star
    Synonym: takkin di talaw
  2. cattail, reedmace
  3. a tall rush growing in rice fields
  4. a variety of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “dusdusnúg”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 143
  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎, volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91
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