Wiktionary:About Kankanaey
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This page covers special considerations for Kankanaey entries and Kankanaey translations of English entries.
Orthography
[edit]Kankanaey lemmas should generally use Ilocano-based spellings, and by extension Tagalog. The latest orthography of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) on Kankanaey, titled Ortograpia di Kankanaëy, is available here.
Spellings using the older Spanish-based orthography (usually loanwords from Ilocano) are allowed, but should generally serve as soft redirects to modern forms.
Lemmas
[edit]In general, lemmas for Kankanaey are generally the same as in Ilocano. Some considerations:
- Nouns: both bare roots or stems, and derived affixed or compound forms
- Verbs: affixed infinitive
- Adjectives: both bare roots and affixed forms derived from noun root
Reference works
[edit]Etymologies
[edit]Place names
[edit]Most place names of Kankanaey origin have etymologies that are legends or myths. These are stories that are passed through generations, just like the language and the Kankanaey culture itself.