Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /tuˈdoŋ/ [tuˈdoŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: Tu‧dong

Proper noun

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Tudóng

  1. (astronomy) A specific constellation
    1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91:
    The Tudoŋ is a special Kankanay constellation, oval in shape, and consisting of the stars of Andromeda (except the two largest ones), some stars of the Fishes, the apex of the Triangle and the head of Aries.

References

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  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91