pinangaba

Kankanaey

Etymology

From pinang- +‎ aba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /pinaˈŋaba/ [pi.nʌˈŋaː.bʌ]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: pi‧na‧nga‧ba

Noun

pinangába

1. (used only in songs) husband, wife, spouse

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “pinangaba”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1] (in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 1