lemlem

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləmˈləm/ [lɨmˈlɨm]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /rəmˈrəm/ [rɨmˈrɨm]
  • Rhymes: -əm
  • Syllabification: lem‧lem

Noun

lëmlë́m

  1. (Besao, Tadian) typhoon, continuous rain
    Synonym: pewek

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of lemlem
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian lemlem,
(Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) lomlom
Sabangan lemlem,
(elderly) lemlem / remrem
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada lemlem,
(elderly) lemlem / remrem

Derived terms

  • ilemlem
  • manlemlem

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “lemlem”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 275
  • Wallace, Judy (2018) “lemlem”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Mokilese

Etymology

Reduplication of leme (“to think about”)

Verb

lemlem

  1. (intransitive) to think
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