man-a

Kankanaey

Etymology

From man- +‎ a (“get”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈʔa/ [mʌnˈʔa]
  • (Tadian) IPA(key): /manˈʔa/ [mʌnˈʔa]
  • (Bauko, Tadian) IPA(key): /mənˈʔa/ [mɨnˈʔa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: man-a

Verb

man-á

  1. to get, fetch, bring
    Synonym: man-ala
    Man-á ka si sin-as-áwa ay animál
    Get pairs of animals
    • 2019 July 18, “Stories (kankanaey)”, in Seguidor‎[1]:
      Awni ka ina ta man a ak si danum.
      Wait mom, I go get water.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of man-a
Southern / Central
Mt. Province Tadian man-a,
(Batney, Batayan, Duagan, Lubon, Mabalite, Masla, Sumadel) men-a
Bauko man-a / men-a
Sabangan man-a / men-a
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province Sagada man-a / men-a

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “man-a”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 1
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “a”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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