a'gew'(Kankanaey Dialect)=day(English)
Echoing what I know, what are known, what can be known and what I should know about LANGUAGES as "Language is Culture"...
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Sangbo
Sangbo(Kankanaey Dialect)=An offering or thanksgiving ritual which is done by holding a holy mass in this modern time. In the earlier period, a Sangbo is done with the help of a local "priest" coupled with hosting a party where animals, chicken and/or pig, are cooked yo be partaken by the community (English)
Monday, December 28, 2020
dendenen
dendenen(Kankanaey Dialect)=to move a bit from an original location(English)
dendenen=idenden
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Friday, December 25, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
nabalig-it
nabalig-it(Kankanaey Dialect)=folded backwards/caused to turn in a reversed manner(English)
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Saturday, December 19, 2020
kwelo
kwelo(Kankanaey Dialect)=hole in a vegetable bed that is intended as a host to one seedling(English)
Friday, December 18, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Some Stages of Life in Kankanaey
koyat=newly born infant
moyang = baby
mankodap = toddler
mandan = kid capable of walking
an-anak = kid
naket-eng = matured
manbag'bagot= male in early adolescent stage
bumalbalasang = female in early adolescent stage
bal-balo/baro= young man/bachelor
balasang = lady/single lady
na-a'sawa-an = married
nanang = mother
tatang = father
baak = old single person
nabakes = mature woman/old woman
na'kay = mature man/old man
lolong = grandfather
lola = grandmother
namintakeng
namin'takeng'(Kankanaey Dialect)=absolute thinking/cannot be influenced/cannot be modified(English)
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
man-amsil
man-amsil(Kankanaey Dialect)=to dig a garden and remove the stones mixed with thd soil.(English)
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Bulal-la
Bulal-la(Kankanaey Dialect "may also refer to almoranas")= Vein at the rectum/Hemorrhoid(English)
Monday, December 14, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Apid
Apid(Kankanaey Dialect)=A basket fastener, usually made out rattan strips, and is used to hook a traditional basket called Kayabbang on one's head in order to put in place the basket at the back of person who is to transport the basket filled with goods.(English)
Kayyabang
Kayyabang(Kankanaey Dialect)=An indigenous basket made out of bamboo that is designed to be carried by the back with the help of a fastener called apid(English)
Friday, December 11, 2020
Entako man-kape.
Entako man-kape'.(Kankanaey Dialect)=Let us go and have coffee.(English)
"Entako man-kape." figuratively means "an invitation offerred/acquaintances to friends for a get together meal."
"Enta man-kape." is the a statement used if the invitation is-addressed to a single person.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
nan-dessan
abalayan
aba'laya'n(Kankanaey Dialect)=refering to the parents of the spouse of one's son or daughter(English)
abbilat
abbilat(Kankanaey Dialect)=referring to the spouse of a sibling of one's spouse.(English)
abbilat = abbirat
Monday, December 7, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Pagat
Pagat'?(Kankanaey Dialect)=Why?(English)
Pagat' ya? = Why is it ...?
Pagat' sa ya? = Why are you doing that?/ Why that way?
Pagat' od? = Why did it happen that way?
Saturday, December 5, 2020
magusgu-sot
magus-gu-sot(Kankanaey Dialdect)=brittle/can easily break/can easilydis-integrate(English)
Friday, December 4, 2020
Thursday, December 3, 2020
mankey-key
mankey-key(Kankanaey Dialect)=to exhibit movements as a minifestation of reflexes or as a minifestation of being alive(English)
labbedan
labbedan(Kankanaey Dialect)=to fasten or to bind together using a rope or any string(English)
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
koskosan
kosko'san(Kankanaey Dialect)=to scrape/to remove the outerskin of anything by scraping(English)
sakde
sakde(Kankanaey Dialect)=a terrace in a vegtable farm, a thrust to counter a flow of water(English)
Mandikolso
mandikolso(Kankanaey Dialect)=to make a discourse/to give a talk/to give a speech(English)
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
natdok
nat'dok'(Kankanaey Dialect)=no more water/water is no longer present/flow of water became impossible(English)