Bun-ayan

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey Bun-ayan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bunˈʔajan/ [bunˈʔa.jan]
• Hyphenation: Bun-a‧yan

Proper noun

Bun-áyan

1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines

Kankanaey

Etymology

From bun-ay (“a kind of jar”) +‎ -an, wherein it can be found there. It is said that these are the jars of Lumawig when he went there.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /bunˈʔajan/ [bʊnˈʔaː.jʌn]
• Rhymes: -ajan
• Syllabification: Bun-a‧yan

Proper noun

Bun-áyan

1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines

References

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[1] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), page 58