Kankanaey
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qiut. Compare Ilocano iyot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]áyot
- sexual desire
- semen, sperm
- bodily fluid (from the vulvo-vaginal glands)
References
[edit]- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “áyot”, 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 49
- Allen, Larry (2021) “áyot”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics