Saturday, July 27, 2019

Aw adi

"Aw adi" is a Kankanaey sentence (used in some parts of Benguet) to mean "Yes, it is okay" or simply "yes".  Kankanaeys from some parts of Benguet find the sentence absurd because "aw" alone means "yes" and "adi" alone means "no" such that "aw adi" transliterates to "yes no".

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