markan di pigsa

Kankanaey

Etymology

From marka (“mark”) +‎ -n +‎ di (“of”) +‎ pigsa (“loud, strength”). Calque of Tagalog tandang padamdam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˌmaɾkan di piɡˈsa/ [ˌmʌɾ.k̠ʌn di̞ pi̞ɡ̚ˈsa]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ˌmaɾkan di piɡˈha/ [ˌmʌɾ.k̠ʌn di̞ pi̞ɡ̚ˈha]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: mar‧kan di pig‧sa

Noun

markan di pigsa (neologism)

1. (typography) exclamation point; exclamation mark

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy‎^[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, page 12