peg-as

Kankanaey

The materials for the ritual (boiled guava leaves and a bundle of green leaves).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /pəɡˈʔas/ [pɨɡ̚ˈʔʌs]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /pəɡˈʔah/ [pɨɡ̚ˈʔʌh]
• Rhymes: -as, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -ah
• Syllabification: peg-as

Noun

pëg-ás

1. a ritual after a burial to signify the beginning of a new life among the family of the deceased.
2. morning dew

References

• Caridad B. Fiar-od (2021 April 17) “Benguet: The Peg-as and Paypay rituals”, in Igorot Cordillera BIMAAK-Europe‎^[1], archived from the original on 2021-05-10
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “peg-ás”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 354