apey

Kankanaey

Etymology

Compare Ilocano apoy or Tagalog apoy.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpəj/ [ʔʌˈpɨi̯]
• Rhymes: -əj
• Syllabification: a‧pey

Noun

apë́y

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

     Sína et (kanó) kanán: "intó san naŋáam sinán apéy ay nay et?" "Dinteŋko san apéy siná."

     Then (they say) he says: "Where did you get this fire?" "I found the fire here."