Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /maɡitˈɡitaŋan/ [mʌ.ɡi̞t̚ˈɡiː.tʌ.ŋʌn]
  • Rhymes: -itaŋan
  • Syllabification: ma‧git‧gi‧ta‧ngan

Noun

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magitgítangan

  1. a spinning top whose center is thinner/narrower than the rest
    Synonyms: pauting, nagitiengan

References

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  • 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 98