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Kankanaey
Etymology
Likely from kepap + -en.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /kəpaˈpən/
- Rhymes: -ən
- Syllabification: ke‧pa‧pen
Verb
këpapë́n
- to stop a spinning top from spinning by grabbing it
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 99