Sunday, February 28, 2021

manpapama-ayan

manpapama-ayan(Kankanaey Dialect)=doing a task with no sense of urgency(English)

man-i-i-yay-a

man-i-i-yay-a(Kankanaey Dialect)=doing a task without a sense of urgency(English)


man-i-i-yay-a = manpapama-ayan

Saturday, February 27, 2021

My Prayer for this Sunday

Praise and worship are for you, our Lord.

Thank you Lord for keeping us safe.

Thank you for showing us that life is very meaningful.

Thank you for the nourishment that you are providing. 

Continue guiding us and let us know and do your will.

Make this world a better place for your children. 

With you, we will stay strong. 

All are Yours and let us keep everything in order. Amen.

ibolsiko

ibolsiko(Kankanaey Dialect)=to put in one's pocket(English)

bolsiko

bolsiko(Kankanaey Dialect)=pocket(English)

Ali.

Ali.(Kankanaey Dialect)= Give it to me./Bring it here.(English)

Ali.= I-alim.

Friday, February 26, 2021

sigit

sigit(Kankanaey Dialect)=cause discomfort to someone encountered along the way unintentionally(English)

siged

 siged(Kankanaey Dialect)=nice(English)

sigod

sigod(Kankanaey Dialect)=same as before(English)

manbilin

manbilin(Kankanaey Dialect)=to advise(English)

bilin

bilin(Kankanaey Dialect)=advice(English)

Thursday, February 25, 2021

kaman-dadi

kaman-dadi(Kankanaey Dialect)=like those(English)

kaman-nana

kaman-nana(Kankanaey Dialect)=Like this way/similar to this(English)

kaman-dasa

kaman-dasa(Kankanaey Dialect)=like that ones(English)

kaman-nisa

kaman-nisa(Kankanaey Dialect)=like that/similar to that(English)

kaman-dana

kaman-dana(Kankanaey Dialect)=like these/similar to these(English)

kaman-aw

kaman-aw(Kankanaey Dialect)=seemingly/seems true(English)

mad-nge

mad-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=audible(English)

nad-nge

nad-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=was heard(English)

din-nge

din-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=heard/did hear(English)

mandeng-deng-nge

 mandeng-deng-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=listening(English)

nandeng-nge

nandeng-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=listened(English)

mandeng-nge

mandeng-nge(Kankanaey Dialect)=to listen/will listen(English)

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

man-abet

man-abet'(Kankanaey Dialect)= to meet up(English)

sinmangbot

sinmangbot(Kankanaey Dialect)=able to catch up(English)

insangbot

insangbot(Kankanaey Dialect)=to do a task just in time(English)

sumangaw

sumangaw(Kankanaey Dialect)= to cause disturbance/to cause confusion(English)

nasangaw

nasangaw(Kankanaey Dialect)=disturbed/confused(English)

sangaw

sangaw(Kankanaey Dialect)= destruction of plan/disturbance of one's flow of work(English)

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

maki-ing

maki-ing(Kankanaey Dialect)=to get dry from exposure to heat(English)

kini-ing

kini-ing(Kankanaey Dialect)=preserved dried smoked meat(English)

makonini-ing

mankonini-ing(Kankanaey Dialect)=sparkling(English)

kinmoliseng

kinmoliseng(Kankanaey Dialect)=became healthier/became alert(English)

kinmoliseng=kinmosileng

mankokoliseng

mankokoliseng(Kankanaey Dialect)=making a prolonged stare(English)

mankokoliseng =mankokosileng

mankoliseng

mankoliseng(Kankanaey Dialect)=to have opened eyes/to be alert(English)

mankoliseng=mankosileng

Monday, February 22, 2021

tumanagtag

tumanagtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=referring to simultaneous act of running by many bodies(English)

tumagtag

tumagtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=to run away/to escape/will run away(English)

tinmagtag

tinmagtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=run away(English)

nanagtag

nanagtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=run(past tense)

managtagtag

managtagtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=running(English)

managtag

managtag(Kankanaey Dialect)=to run(English)

Sunday, February 21, 2021

bokodan

bokodan(Kankanaey Dialect)=to get everything leaving/sharing nothing for/to others(English)

na-i-mongsan

na-i-mongsan(Kankanaey Dialect)=lumped into one(English)

Saturday, February 20, 2021

sidoman

sidoman(Kankanaey Dialect)=shelter(English)

God will make a way.

Kankanaey translations(Based on the intention of the statement):

Waday iyat Apo Dios. 

 Uway si Apo Dios. 


Literal translation:

Man-amag si Apo Dios si danan.

Friday, February 19, 2021

man-yamyam

man-yamyam(Kankanaey Dialect) = to scold/to angrily give a comment to someone(English)

i-ngamngam

i-ngamngam(Kankanaey Dialect)=do "it" to without exemption(English)

na-i-lelegem

na-i-lelegem(Kankanaey Dialect)=Done carelessly(English)

Thursday, February 18, 2021

manlengtey

manlengtey(Kankanaey Dialect)=flexible/not sturdy(English)

pante-an

pante-an(Kankanaey Dialect)=place to stay(English)

pon-en

pon-en(Kankanaey Dialect)=to fill-up/to make something full(English)

napno

napno(Kankanaey Dialect)=full/filled up(English)

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Volunteer in Kankanaey

There seems to be no one-word translation of the English word Volunteer to Kankanaey.

volunteer(English verb)=Malayad ay man-amag

      = manlayad ay mangamag

      = "manlayad"

      = "malayad"

Volunteer(English Noun)= Tumultulong ay magay suweldo na/Adi mabayadan ay katulungan/Nanlayad ay mangamag

Kankanaey pronouns

Second Person:

Sik-a= You(singular)

Dakayo =You(plural)


First Person:

Sak-en = I/Me

Dakami=We/Us


Third Person:

Sisya =He/She

Da-ida= They


anapen

anapen(Kankanaey Dialect)=to find/to look for(English)

anapen=inapen

inapen

inapen(Kankanaey Dialect)=to find/to look for(English)

inapen=anapen

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

nakpit

nakpit(Kankanaey Dialect)=dried plant/weathered plant(English)

oggot

oggot(Kankanaey Dialect)= plant's shoot(English)

magaybeng

magaybeng(Kankanaey Dialect)=healthily growing plant(English)

Sunday, February 14, 2021

mallayad

mallayad(Kankanaey Dialect)=willing(English)

manlayad

manlayad(Kankanaey Dialect)=feeling happy(English)

inmupsat

inmupsat(Kankanaey Dialect)=pale(English)

binmalanga

binmalanga(Kankanaey Dialect)=reddish in appearance(English)

Saturday, February 13, 2021

man-i-i-taw

man-i-i-taw(Kankanaey Dialect)=will dream(English)

i-i-taw

i-i-taw(Kankanaey Dialect)=dream(English)

poltak

 poltak(Kankanaey Dialect) = bald/skinhead(English)

napoltakan

 napoltakan(Kankanaey Dialect) = skinheaded(English)

tuweng

 tuweng(Kankanaey Dialect) = deaf(English)

natuweng

 natuweng(Kankanaey Dialect) = deaf/became deaf(English)

omel

 omel(Kankanaey Dialect) = mute(English)

gudab

 gudab(Kankanaey Dialect) = blind(English)

nagudab

nagudab(Kankanaey Dialect) = blind/blinded (English)

Friday, February 12, 2021

na-imotkal

na-imotkal(Kankanaey Dialect)=portruding/popping out(English)

pakda

pakda(Kankanaey Dialect)=rail(English)

ipakda

ipakda(Kankanaey Dialect)=to position a rail or a lengthy material across an area(English)

siping

si'ping'(Kankanaey Dialect)=money/cash(English)

Thursday, February 11, 2021

palalo

palalo(Kankanaey Dialect)=extreme/too much(English)

natalok

natalok(Kankanaey Dialect)=thrown upwards/bounced upwards(English)

matago

matago(Kankanaey Dialect)=will survive/will live(English)

mankedaw

man'kedaw(Kankanaey Dialect)=to ask for/will ask for(English)

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

ayyaken

ay'yaken'(Kankanaey Dialect)=to let someone stop crying/to let someone become calm from being angry/ to convince someone to give into a request(English)

na-is-ek

 na-is-ek(Kankanaey Dialect)=was planted(English)

man-esek

man-esek(Kankanaey Dialect)=will plant/to plant(English)

nan-esek

nan-esek(Kankanaey Dialect)=planted/did planting(English

man-ib-a

man-ib-a(Kankanaey Dialect)=related by blood(English)

na-isagana

na-isagana(Kankanaey Dialect)=prepared/readied(English)

nangawili

nangawili(Kankanaey Dialect)=made a round trip(English)

Monday, February 8, 2021

pingi

pingi(Kankanaey Dialect)=branch/additional stem(English)

nanpingi

nanpingi(Kankanaey Dialect)=branched out(English)

Saturday, February 6, 2021

obbog

obbog(Kankanaey Dialect)=pond/water source(English)

baw-ek

baw-ek(Kankanaey Dialect)=very small lake/natural water reservoir(English)

Thursday, February 4, 2021

mandodolin

mandodolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=intovert/one who prefers to be alone inside while guests ate around(English)

nandodolin

nandodolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=stayed in a hidden room/did not mingle with guest(English)

man-idolin

man-idolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=will keep some(English)

nan-idolin

nan-idolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=kept some(English)

indolin

indolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=kept(English)

idolin

idolin(Kankanaey Dialect)=to keep/will keep(English)

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

maka-ling-an

maka-ling-an(Kankanaey Dialect)=person who easily forgets(English)

makaling-an=makaliw-an=maliw-an=malingling

naliw-an

naliw-an(Kankanaey Dialect)=forgotten(English)

nalinglingan

nalinglingan(Kankanaey Dialect)=forgotten(English)

malinglingan

malinglingan(Kankanaey Dialect)=will be forgotten(English)

linglingan

linglingan(Kankanaey Dialect)=to forget(English)

liw-an

liw-an(Kankanaey Dialect)=to forget(English)

kinilang

kinilang(Kankanaey Dialect)=fried(English)

ikilang

 ikilang(Kankanaey Dialect)=to fry(English)

idawis

 idawis(Kankanaey Dialect)=to grill(English)

dinawis

dinawis(Kankanaey Dialect)=grilled meat(English)

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

kitkitoyen

kitkitoyen(Kankanaey Dialect)=to make it smaller(English)

dakdake-en

dakdake-en(Kankanaey Dialect)=to make it bigger(English)

nadakdake

nadakdake(Kankanaey Dialect)=became big/grew to become bigger(English)

nadakdake=dinmakdake

dumakdake

dumakdake(Kankanaey Dialect)=will grow bigger(English)

kinumsen

kinumsen(Kankanaey Dialect)=shrunk/became smaller(English)

Monday, February 1, 2021

mankakapsot

mankakapsot(Kankanaey Dialect)=feeling weak and sick(English)

kinmapsot

kinmapsot(Kankanaey Dialect)=became weak(English)

natuso

natuso(Kankanaey Dialect)=stubbornly ill-mannered/having the tendency to disobey/a person who does not usually conform to norms (English)

maligit

maligit(Kankanaey Dialect)=aloof(English)