dusdusnug

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /dusdusˈnuɡ/ [dʊs.dʊsˈnoɡ̚]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /duhduhˈnuɡ/ [dʊh.dʊhˈnoɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -uɡ
• Syllabification: dus‧dus‧nug

Noun

dusdusnúg

1. (astronomy) shooting star

   Synonym: takkin di talaw

2. cattail, reedmace
3. a tall rush growing in rice fields
4. a variety of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “dusdusnúg”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 143
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91