bagawas

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /baˈɡawas/ [bʌˈɡaː.wʌs]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /baˈɡawah/ [bʌˈɡaː.wʌh]
• Rhymes: -awas, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -awah
• Syllabification: ba‧ga‧was

Noun

bagáwas

1. a prayer for farmers to call out groups of spirits to come and bless their crops

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 117