taw-en

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• tawen

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *CawiN (“year”) (a term mostly reflected in Formosan languages).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /tawˈʔən/ [taʊ̯ˈʔɨn]
• Rhymes: -ən
• Syllabification: taw-en

Noun

taw-ë́n

1. year

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “taw-én”, 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 458