awiten

Kankanaey

Etymology

From awit +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈwitən/ [ʔʌˈwiː.tɨn]
• Rhymes: -itən
• Syllabification: a‧wi‧ten

Verb

awitën

1. to cause a mother's death in childbirth (said of the child)

References

• Allen, Larry (2021) “awít”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics