siyan

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• hiyan

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /siˈan/ [ˈsjʌn]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /hiˈan/ [ˈhjʌn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: si‧yan

Noun

siyán

1. the separation of a married couple

References

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[1] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), archived from the original on 2024-09-25