Kabunian

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• Kabunyan, Kabuniyan, Kabonyan

Etymology

Disputed. It is not ka- -an +‎ buni since there is no "buni" word.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey)
  • IPA^(key): /kabunˈjan/ [k̠ʌ.bʊnˈjʌn]
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: Ka‧bun‧ian
  • IPA^(key): /kabuniˈan/ [k̠ʌ.buˈnjʌn]
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: Ka‧bu‧ni‧an

Proper noun

Kabunián

1. (folklore) The Supreme Being in Igorot indigenous religion.
   • 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 76:

     Si et (kanó) kanán san kabunián: "ta et labnék na, / ta kaísek san dagá."

     Then (they say) God said: "I shall flood this, and clean the earth".

2. The single deity of Christianity.

   Synonym: Dios

   • 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Nagasat ay Agew”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 39:

     Daydayawendaka, Dios Kabunian ed daya
     Idaydayawdaka, manyaman kamin Sik-a...

     We honor you, Lord God in heaven
     We are honoring you, we offer our thanks to You...

Further reading

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 74