kepapen

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Likely from kepap +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /kəpaˈpən/ [k̠ɨ.pʌˈpɨn]
  • Rhymes: -ən
  • Syllabification: ke‧pa‧pen

Verb

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këpapë́n

  1. to stop a spinning top from spinning by grabbing it

References

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  • 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 99