kepapen

Kankanaey

Etymology

Likely from kepap +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /kəpaˈpən/ [k̠ɨ.pʌˈpɨn]
• Rhymes: -ən
• Syllabification: ke‧pa‧pen

Verb

këpapë́n

1. to stop a spinning top from spinning by grabbing it

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎^[1], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 99