tinmengaw

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /tinˈməŋaw/ [ti̞nˈmɨː.ŋaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -əŋaw
• Syllabification: tin‧me‧ngaw

Noun

tinmë́ngaw (Bauko)

1. enemies beheaded by the Bauko people
2. (folklore) the spirits of those people

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 79