aluban

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈluban/ [ʔʌˈluː.bʌn]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Sabangan) /ʔaˈruban/ [ʔʌˈruː.bʌn]
• Rhymes: -uban
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧ban

Noun

alúban

1. (used only in tales) husband, wife, spouse

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “aluban”, 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 25