Ag-aganney
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Kankanaey
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ʔaɡʔaɡanˈnəj/ [ʔʌɡ̚.ʔʌ.ɡʌnˈnɨi̯]
- Rhymes: -əj
- Syllabification: Ag-a‧gan‧ney
Noun
[edit]Ag-agannë́y
- (folklore) a mischievious weaver spirit
- 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 86:
- Kanán (kanó) san ipugáw: / áyka ta alám san inabém ay nay, / ta adíka tiwtiwaddanán san sikík ay nay, / ta makaakáan, / tusá, nabutabútaka, / énka ta kumáanka, / ta uméyka 'd baéyyo ay Ag-agannéy.
- The man says (they say): / come and take this cloth you wove, / and do not make these legs of mine sore unawares, / so that they keep safe, / be off, you cannot see for the dirt in your eyes, / go away, / and go to your house, Ag-agannéy.
References
[edit]- Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 86