Kankanaey
Etymology
From um- + ayaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔumaˈjaw/ [ʔu.mʌˈjaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: u‧ma‧yaw
Verb
umayáw
- to leave, to go away, to depart
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms & variants of umayaw
| Southern / Central
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| Mt. Province |
Tadian |
umayaw, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) omayaw
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References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “ayáw”, 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 48