pakde

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pakˈdə/ [pʌk̠̚ˈdɨ]
• Rhymes: -ə
• Syllabification: pak‧de

Noun

pakdë́

1. A public sacrifice held several times a year. Several pigs are sacrificed in the morning under a tree, then the favorable meat is divided and distributed among the town (called pasing).
2. A religious ceremony wherein the pathways to the home are blocked to prevent disturbance from passers-by.

Derived terms

• ipakde
• ipakdean
• manpakde
• mangpakde

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1972), “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos‎, volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 95
• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “pakdé”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 335
• Allen, Larry (2021), “pakdé”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics