apey
Kankanaey
editEtymology
editCompare Ilocano apoy or Tagalog apoy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editapë́y
- fire
- 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:
- Sína et (kanó) kanán: "intó san naŋáam sinán apéy ay nay et?" "Dinteŋko san apéy siná."
- Then (they say) he says: "Where did you get this fire?" "I found the fire here."