taw-en

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *CawiN (“year”) (a term mostly reflected in Formosan languages).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tawˈʔən/ [taʊ̯ˈʔɨn]
  • Rhymes: -ən
  • Syllabification: taw-en

Noun

taw-ë́n

  1. year

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “taw-én”, 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 458
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