mapappapiyaaw

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• mapappapiaaw (superseded)

Etymology

From ma- +‎ pappapiyaaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /mapappapiˈaʔaw/ [mʌ.pʌp̚.pʌˈpjaː.ʔaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aʔaw
• Syllabification: ma‧pap‧pa‧pi‧ya‧aw

Verb

mapappapiyáaw

1. to throw a spinning top but the cord is too short

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 99