Kabunian
Kankanaey
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editEtymology
editDisputed. It is not ka- -an + buni since there is no "buni" word.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKabunián
- (folklore) The Supreme Being in Igorot indigenous religion.
- 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 76:
- Si et (kanó) kanán san kabunián: "ta et labnék na, / ta kaísek san dagá."
- Then (they say) God said: "I shall flood this, and clean the earth".
- The single deity of Christianity.
- 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Nagasat ay Agew”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 39:
- Daydayawendaka, Dios Kabunian ed daya
Idaydayawdaka, manyaman kamin Sik-a...- We honor you, Lord God in heaven
We are honoring you, we offer our thanks to You...
- We honor you, Lord God in heaven
- Synonym: Dios