takkin di talaw
Kankanaey
editEtymology
editFrom takki (“poop”) + -n + di (“of”) + talaw (“star”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /takˌkin di taˈlaw/ [tʌk̠̚ˌki̞n di̞ tʌˈlaʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Syllabification: tak‧kin di ta‧law
Noun
edit- (astronomy) shooting star
- Synonym: dusdusnug
References
edit- Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91