Salibubo

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saliˈbubo/ [sʌ.liˈbuː.bo]
  • (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA(key): /haliˈbubo/ [hʌ.liˈbuː.bo]
  • (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /sariˈbubo/ [sʌ.riˈbuː.bo]
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Syllabification: Sa‧li‧bu‧bo

Proper noun

Salibúbo

  1. (astronomy) Pleiades, Seven Stars (a constellation)

Synonyms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “salibúbu”, 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 391
  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972), “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 91