aptik is a Kankanaey dialect word which means short.

apti-aptik = very short.

ap-aptik = shorter

libo-o is a Kankanaey dialect word for clouds.

manlilibo-o = cloudy

dagem is a Kankanaey dialect word which means wind.

mandagem = windy

suma-a is a Kankanaey dialect word which means to go home.

sinma-a = went home
makasassa-a = yearning to go home

Intoy kad-am? is a Kankanaey sentence which translates to Where are you?

Emegyat/amegyat is a Kankanaey dialect word which means to fear.

Emagyatak ay amey ed kalsada = I fear going to the street.

Mankeykey is a Kankanaey dialect word which means to make shaking moves or wave moves.

Mankeykey ka no manlanglangoy ka. = You do shaky moves if you are swimming.

mankedked is a Kankanaey dialect word which is used to refer to an aching head.

Mankeked di toktok ko. = My head aches.
Umipakedked si toktok din ad-ado ay obla. = = The many tasks makes causes headache.

"Adu na ay" is a Kankanaey phrase which semantcially means "nonsense"

"Adu na ay" implies "saying a lot that is not making sense"

Natoklo is a Kankanaey dialect word which means round/rounded.

Natoklo din segit. = The sun is round.

Nas-et is a Kankanaey dialect word which means well-done.

Man-atong is a Kankanaey dialect word that means hot or warm.

Madagsen is a Kankanaey dialect word that means heavy.

Madagsen sa pinapasan mo. = You are carrying on your shoulder something heavy.

Mankadadagsen = Adjective for many objects that are heavy.
Mankadadagsen danan naisasako. = These things in the sacks are heavy.

Kitkitoy is a Kankanaey dialect word that means small.

Kitkitoy san aso. = That dog is small.
Dakdake is the antonym of kitkitoy.

At-atik is a Kankanaey dialect word that means few.

Wat at-atik di sinmawang. = Only a few arrived.

Kaseseg-ang is a Kankanaey dialect word that ca mean "pitiful" or "worthy of empathy".

Maseg-ang kayo koma adi. = Hoping that you will empathize.

Kaseseg-ang nan ma-am-amag edwani. = What is happening nowadays is making us feel pity.

Udan is a Kankanaey dialect word for rain.

Nan-udan=Inmudan= It rained.
Ka-udan = It rained suddenly.
Umudan= It will rain.
Man-ud-udan = It is raining.

Nag-ed is a Kankanaey dialect word that means "injured through a cut by any bladed or sharp object".

Nag-ed din takkay di an-anak tan ingenanay gipan. = The hand of a child had a cut because he/she held a knife.

Inged di bulong di bellang din sikin din ipugaw ay enmey sin dontog. = The leaf of a coggon grass made a cut on the foot of the person who went to the mountain.

Sinay di kalalag ko (This is my prayer)

Salamat Apo Diyos tannay nawawada kami pay la-eng ay manbibiyag sinan inamog mo ay lobong. Salamat tan ammo mi ay banbantayam dakami. Salamat tannay idawdawat no danan kasapulan mi.

Kedawen mi di magay patingga na ay pantaltalaken mo si amin ay aspeto di biyag mi:salun-at di awak mi, nemnem mi, ya talek mi en Sik-a ya amin ay kasapulan mi ta adi kamin umad-adawi en Sik-a.

Pakawanem dakami sin nanbasolanmi.
Ilisim dakami si lawa ay amag.

Sik-a di maka-uway tan ammomi ay ammom no sinoy iyat mi.

Sik-ay kanayon ay enmi tangaden.
Salamat kasin.

Manpatulong is a Kankanaey dialect word that means "to ask for help".

Manpatulongak kod?= May I ask for help?
Tinulungan da sisya. =They helped him/her.

Ad-ado is a Kankanaey dialect word that means many.

Ad-ado ay obla di ipa-am-amag da. = They are letting us do many jobs.

obla = work or job
ipa-amag = let do
da = they

Time-related phrases in a Kankana-ey dialect

Awni kod. = please wait.
Awni nin. = Awni ngin. = Wait a moment.
Awni ka = You wait.
Ed nasdem. = Yesterday.
Si bigat. = Si wakgat. = Tomorrow.
Si Awni. = Later.
Aw-aw-ni. = A little while later.
Ed ka-unyan. = A while ago.

Man-a-agag is a Kankana-ey dialect word which means "in a hurry".

Man-a-agag sisya. = He/She is in a hurry.
Ma-a-agag sisya ay suma-a. + He/She wants to go home as soon as possible.

madagsen is a Kankana-ey dialect word that means heavy

Madagsen san egen mo. = What you are carrying is heavy.
Dinmagsen ka. = You became heavy.
Dumagsen ka koma. = Hopefully, you will become heavy.

Mankakaspi-it is a Kankanaey dialect word that means "multiple sudden hurt feelings"

Makakaspi-it din kakat di koton. = You/I feel sudden hurt feelings due to the bites of the ants.

Dinad-ad is a Kankana-ey dialect word that means "walked through".

Dinad-an mi din ando ay kalsada. = We walked through the long road.

"Dinad-an" is sometimes shortened by speakers into "dinan".

The word is almost a "morph" of the word "dad-anan" or "danan" which refers to a path/pathway.

Intoy danan ay amey ed bebe-ey yo? = Where is the way leading to your house?

Natapi-an is a Kankanaey dialect word that means increased

nakgang or nakgangan is a Kankana-ey dialect word that refers to to a dried water source.

Some Kankana-ey pronouns

sak-en = me
sik-a = you (singular)
dakami = we, us.
dakayo = you (plural)
sisya = he/she
da-ida = they

wada is a Kankana-ey dialect word which means present="there exists"

maga is a Kankana-ey dialect word that means none (antonym of wada).

Maga'y di pilak ko. = I have no money.
Wada'y sumawang. = Someone will be arriving.
Wadan ti di suweltem ay dumateng =  Your luck will come.

i-uya

I-uya is a word in a Kankana-ey dialect which means "to favorably yield".
The usual context where i-uya is used is when an older member of a family would restrain himself/herself from consuming a limited available amount of food so that a younger member of the family will have the food.

I-uway yo san makan sin i-ib-a yo ay magay panlako da.

Naligat, bal-una.

Naligat is a Kankana-ey dialect word which means difficult.
Bal-una is a Kankana-ey word that means "not that light" = "not that easy" = " not that simple"