pis-it

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /pisˈʔit/ [pi̞sˈʔi̞t̚]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: pis-it

Noun

pis-ít

1. a ceremony on the night before a pus-ik wherein a chicken is sacrificed and a prayer is recited on an aklat

   Synonym: atup

Derived terms

• manpis-it

 

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 93