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Kankanaey
Etymology
From man- + bus
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /manˈbus/
- IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /manˈbuh/ , (Tadian) /manˈbus/ , (Bauko & Tadian) /mənˈbus/
- Rhymes: -us, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -uh
- Syllabification: man‧bus
Adjective
manbús
- abundant/plenty of water (applied to wells, rivers, etc.)
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “manbús”, 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 104