isongala

Kankanaey

Etymology

From i- +‎ songala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔisoˈŋala/ [ʔi.soˈŋaː.lʌ]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ʔihoˈŋala/ [ʔi.hoˈŋaː.lʌ], (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ʔisoˈŋara/ [ʔi.soˈŋaː.rʌ]
• Rhymes: -ala, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -ara
• Syllabification: i‧so‧nga‧la

Verb

isongála

1. (headhunting) to hang a human head in a basket

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “songála”, 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 430