Ag-aganney

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaɡʔaɡanˈnəj/ [ʔʌɡ̚.ʔʌ.ɡʌnˈnɨi̯]
• Rhymes: -əj
• Syllabification: Ag-a‧gan‧ney

Noun

Ag-agannë́y

1. (folklore) a mischievious weaver spirit
   • 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[1], volume 67, number 1/2, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 86:

     Kanán (kanó) san ipugáw: / áyka ta alám san inabém ay nay, / ta adíka tiwtiwaddanán san sikík ay nay, / ta makaakáan, / tusá, nabutabútaka, / énka ta kumáanka, / ta uméyka 'd baéyyo ay Ag-agannéy.

     The man says (they say): / come and take this cloth you wove, / and do not make these legs of mine sore unawares, / so that they keep safe, / be off, you cannot see for the dirt in your eyes, / go away, / and go to your house, Ag-agannéy.

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[2] (in English and Kankanaey), volume 67, number 1/2, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 86