Kabuniyan

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

  • Kabunian (superseded)
  • Kabunyan, Kabonyan

Etymology

Disputed. It is not ka- -an +‎ buni since there is no "buni" word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabunˈjan/ [k̠ʌ.bʊnˈjʌn]
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA(key): /kabuniˈan/ [k̠ʌ.buˈnjʌn]
    • Rhymes: -an
    • Syllabification: Ka‧bu‧ni‧yan
  • (Tadian) IPA(key): /kabunˈjan/ [k̠ʌ.bʊnˈjʌn]
    • Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Kabuniyán

  1. (folklore) The Supreme Being in Igorot indigenous religion.
    • 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎[1], volume 67, number 1/2 (in Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 76:
      Si et (kanó) kanán san kabunián: "ta et labnék na, / ta kaísek san dagá."
      Then (they say) God said: "I shall flood this, and clean the earth".
  2. The single deity of Christianity.
    Synonym: Dios
    • 2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Nagasat ay Agew”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 39:
      Daydayawendaka, Dios Kabunian ed daya
      Idaydayawdaka, manyaman kamin Sik-a...
      We honor you, Lord God in heaven
      We are honoring you, we offer our thanks to You...

Further reading

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1972), “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 74
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