dayyakus

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /dajˈjakus/ [dai̯ˈjaː.k̠os]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /dajˈjakuh/ [dai̯ˈjaː.k̠oh]
• Rhymes: -akus, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -akuh
• Syllabification: day‧ya‧kus

Noun

dayyákus

1. a kind of daing that is only for the celebration of successful headhunters.

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Games: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎^[1], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, page 105