Pingad

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Kankanaey Pingad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋad/ [ˈpi.ŋad]
• Hyphenation: Pi‧ngad

Proper noun

Píngad

1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines

Kankanaey

Etymology

Clipping of napingúdan (“someone with a chopped ear”). It is said that there was a stranger who asked a person with a chopped ear what the name of the place was. The person thought that the stranger was asking why their ear cut off and responded "napingudan". The stranger could not pronounce this word, hence it became "Pingad".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈpiŋad/ [ˈpi̞ː.ŋʌd̚]
• Rhymes: -iŋad
• Syllabification: Pi‧ngad

Proper noun

Píngad

1. A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines
   • 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎^[1], volume 67, number 1/2, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 77:

     Sína et (kanó) ipaytók ed ed Diklígan, / sína et (kanó) isakiát ed Kalawittán, / si pay (kanó) dawáten Déen et mensáponna s'sígup; / sina pay ipaytók ed Piŋad

     Then (they say) he hands it down at Diklígan, / then (they say) he ascends with it on the Kalawittán, / then (they say) Déen recieves it and he offers the sabúsab; / then he hands it down at Pingad

References

• Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (2021) Lingguwistikong Etnograpiya ng Kankanaey [Linguistic Ethnography of Kankanaey]‎^[2] (in Tagalog, Kankanaey, and Northern Kankanay), page 59