isongala

Kankanaey

Etymology

From i- +‎ songala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔisoˈŋala/ [ʔi.soˈŋaː.lʌ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: i‧so‧nga‧la

Verb

isongála

1. (headhunting) to hang a human head in a basket

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “songála”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1] (in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 430