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Kankanaey
Etymology
From man- + a (“get”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /manˈʔa/
- IPA(key): (Tadian) /manˈʔa/ , (Bauko & Tadian) /mənˈʔa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: man-a
Verb
man-á
- to get, fetch, bring
- Synonym: man-ala
2019 July 18, “Stories (kankanaey)”, in Seguidor:Awni ka ina ta man a ak si danum.- Wait mom, I go get water.
2021, Allen, Larry, “man-a”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics:Man-á ka si sin-as-áwa ay animál- Get pairs of animals
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