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Kankanaey
Etymology
From man- + a (“get”).
Pronunciation
Verb
man-á
- to get, fetch, bring
- Synonym: man-ala
Man-á ka si sin-as-áwa ay animál- Get pairs of animals
2019 July 18, “Stories (kankanaey)”, in Seguidor:Awni ka ina ta man a ak si danum.- Wait mom, I go get water.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms & variants of man-a
| Southern / Central
|
| Mt. Province |
Tadian |
man-a,
(Batney, Batayan, Duagan, Lubon, Mabalite, Masla, Sumadel) men-a
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| Bauko |
man-a / men-a
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| Sabangan |
man-a / men-a
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| Northern / Applai
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| Mt. Province |
Sagada |
man-a / men-a
|
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “man-a”, 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 1
- Allen, Larry (2021) “a”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics