songala

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /soˈŋala/ [soˈŋaː.lʌ]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /hoˈŋala/ [hoˈŋaː.lʌ], (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /soˈŋara/ [soˈŋaː.rʌ]
• Rhymes: -ala, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -ara
• Syllabification: so‧nga‧la

Noun

songála

1. (headhunting) act of hanging a human head in a basket

Derived terms

• isongala
• makisongala

 

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “songála”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 430