Comprehensive List of Basic Kankanaey Vocabulary for Beginners

Ever wanted to learn a new dialect, especially one that connects you to the rich culture of the Cordillera region? If you're looking to dive into the beautiful Kankanaey dialect, you've come to the right place! This post offers a comprehensive list of basic Kankanaey vocabulary, specially curated for beginners. Whether you have roots in the Cordilleras, are visiting our stunning mountains, or simply curious about our dialect, this guide is your perfect starting point to understanding and speaking Kankanaey. Let's begin your linguistic journey!

ID:	English Word:	Translation to Kankanaey:
1	hand	takkay
2	left	kannigid
3	right	kannawan
4	leg/foot	siki
5	to walk	mandan
6	road/path	danan
7	to come	omali
8	to turn	somagong
9	to swim	langoy
10	dirty	nalogit
11	dust	tapok
12	skin	kopkop
13	back	edeg
14	belly	eges
15	bone	tong-a
16	intestines	eges
17	liver	atey
18	breast	soso
19	shoulder	padanga
20	to know, be knowledgeable	ammo
21	to think	mannemnem
22	to fear	egyatan
22	to fear	omegyat
23	blood	dada
24	head	toktok
25	neck	bagang
26	hair	book
27	nose	eng
28	to breathe	anges
29	to sniff, smell	songsongen
30	mouth	tepek
31	tooth	bab-a
32	tongue	dila
33	to laugh	mayekyek
34	to cry	man-oga
35	to vomit	man-ota
36	to spit	mantogpa
37	to eat	mangan
38	to chew	man-gaga
39	to cook	man-oto
40	to drink	man-inom
41	to bite	katen
42	to suck	sosoen
43	ear	keweng
44	to hear	dengngen
45	eye	mata
46	to see	ilaen
47	to yawn	man-owab
48	to sleep	maek
49	to lie down	bomaktad
50	to dream	man-iitaw
51	to sit	tomokdo
52	to stand	omalagey
53	person/human being	ipogaw
54	man/male	lalaki
55	woman/female	babai
56	child	anak
57	husband	asawa
58	wife	asawa
59	mother	ina
60	father	ama
61	house	beey
62	thatch/roof	atep
63	name	ngadan
64	to say	ibaga
65	rope	lobid
66	to tie up, fasten	ikabbot
67	to sew	mandait
68	needle	dagom
69	to hunt	man-anop
70	to shoot	mamana
71	to stab, pierce	todoken
72	to hit	seppaten
73	to steal	akewen
73	to steal	mangakew
74	to kill	peslen
75	to die, be dead	matey
76	to live, be alive	matago
77	to scratch	gog-oen
78	to cut, hack	betbeten
79	stick/wood	kaiw
80	to split	desigen
81	sharp	mattadem
82	dull, blunt	mangodel
83	to work	maowang
84	to plant	man-esek
85	to choose	pilien
86	to grow	gomabay
87	to swell	lomat-ed
88	to squeeze	ipespes
88	to squeeze	pespesan
89	to hold	egnan
90	to dig	mankaot
91	to buy	lalkoan
92	to open, uncover	bokatan
93	to pound, beat	bayoen
94	to throw	itpig
95	to fall	mag-as
96	dog	aso
97	bird	titit
98	egg	itlog
99	feather	dotdot
100	wing	payak
101	to fly	mantayaw
102	rat	otot
103	meat/flesh	lames
104	fat/grease	taba
105	tail	iko
106	snake	eweg
107	worm (earthworm)	kowang
108	louse	koto
109	mosquito	lamok
110	spider	tikawa
111	fish	nigay
112	rotten	naboyok
113	branch	panga
114	leaf	tobo
115	root	lamot
116	flower	sabsabong
117	fruit	lames
118	grass	gabgab
119	earth/soil	lota
120	stone	bato
121	sand	bisil
122	water	danom
123	to flow	omaloyas
124	sea	daga
125	salt	asin
126	lake	lebbeng
127	woods/forest	kada
128	sky	daya
129	moon	boan
130	star	talaw
131	cloud	liboo
132	fog	liboo
133	rain	odan
134	thunder	kido
135	lightning	kimat
136	wind	dagem
137	to blow	mandagem
137	to blow	sib-okan
138	warm	man-atong
139	cold	mansiled
140	dry	namgaan
140	dry	mapgaan
141	wet	nabasa
142	heavy	madagseg
143	fire	apoy
144	to burn	pooan
145	smoke	asok
146	ash	dap-o
147	black	mangetit
148	white	mankilat
149	red	mandada
150	yellow	I am a kankanaey but I do not know the translation. If you are a kankanaey and you know the translation please comment. :)
151	green	maata
152	small	kitkitoy
153	big	dakdake
154	short	aptik
155	long	ando
156	thin	naingpis
157	thick	masde
158	narrow	nalipit
159	wide	annawa
160	painful, sick	mansakit
161	shy, ashamed	mabain
162	old	nakay
162	old	nabbakes
163	new	balo
164	good	siged
165	bad, evil	lawa
166	correct, true	tet-ewa
167	night	labi
168	day	agew
169	year	tawen
170	when?	pig-an
171	to hide	mantabon
172	to climb	somakyab
172	to climb	mantikid
173	at	sin
174	in, inside	sin eneg di…
175	above	sin ngaton di…
176	below	sin dallem di…
177	this	sinaey
178	that	sisana
178	that	sidooy
179	near	asag-en
180	far	addawi
181	where?	into
182	I	ak
182	I	ko
182	I	sak-en
183	thou	ka
183	thou	mo
183	thou	sik-a
184	he/she
184	he/she	na
184	he/she	sisya
185	we	tako
185	we	datako
185	we	mi
185	we	dakami
185	we	kami
186	you	kayo
186	you	yo
186	you	dakayo
187	they	da
187	they	daida
188	what?	sino
189	who?	sino
190	other	odom
191	all	amin
192	and	ya
193	if	mo
194	how?	intoy iyat
195	no, not	aga
195	no, not	adi + Verb
195	no, not	baken + Noun
195	no, not	adj
196	to count	bilangen
197	One	esa
198	Two	dowa
199	Three	tolo
200	Four	opat
201	Five	lima
202	Six	enem
203	Seven	pito
204	Eight	wao
205	Nine	siyam
206	Ten	sinpo
207	Twenty	dowanpo
208	Fifty	limapolo
209	One Hundred	gasot
210	One Thousand	libo

Source:

Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.