manbus

Kankanaey

Etymology

From man- +‎ bus

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /manˈbus/ [mʌmˈbos]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /manˈbuh/ [mʌmˈboh], (Bauko & Tadian) /mənˈbus/ [mɨmˈbos]
• Rhymes: -us, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -uh
• Syllabification: man‧bus

Adjective

manbús

1. abundant/plenty of water (applied to wells, rivers, etc.)

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “manbús”, 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 104