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Hoo-6. This is an unknown word. I refrain from speculation on a pos- 

 sible identity of this word with similar words in other dialects. 

 Leppaa. In Ilocano, leppas means the time when something (a work, the 

 year, the day, etc.) finishes or is finished. In Bontoc, lipoah is a 

 season beginning about July 1 ; lipash expresses the idea of finishing 

 or accomplishing. 

 Tioay. This is an unknown word. 

 Tiyuey. In Inibaloi, tige is the word for maize. In Ilocano, tigi is the 



name of a plant whose tubers are fed to pigs. 

 Qiiiling. In Ilocano, hiring designates the time when the rains cease. The 

 change from T to V offers no difficulty. I have no doubt that we have 

 here the same word. 

 Esse. In Ilocano, isek is a kind of early rice. In Inibaloi, asak gives the 

 idea of planting; the vowels are indistinct. In Bontoc, iseg, ishek, 

 issek express the idea of sowing, planting. 

 "If we remember that Igorot calendars divide the year generally into 

 sections that are named from the characteristic field work undertaken at 

 the various periods, or from plants flowering, or birds appearing, at such 

 times, we may safely set down, I believe, the present calendar as coming 

 fully within this general description. - ' 



See also, Jenks, Pub. P. I. Ethnol. Sure. (1905), 1, 219, 220. 

 Some additional information has been received through Mr. D. M. 

 Thomas, division superintendent of Mountain Province. This was obtained 

 through the interest of Mr. C. H. Magee, assistant director of Education. 

 Mr. Thomas cites as his authority "Rev. M. Vanovei-bergh, the Belgian 

 missionary at Bauco, who is compiling a vocabulary of the local dialect 

 and his accurracy cannot be questioned as in all his work he is exceedingly 

 methodical and accurate." According to the above authority, the names 

 of 11 periods of time used in Bauco, reckoned roughly from new moon to 

 new moon, are as follows, beginning near the first of the Gregorian year: 

 Liiya. Wdo. The name of a red hairy caterpillar. 



Lede'w. Panabd. 



Upoc. Tiway. The name of a sparrow; going away. 



Bacdkeiv. Sorghum. Adug. 



Kitkiti. Kiting. Furious fighting. 



Kiang. 



The words as given in the document belong to the Lepanto-Igorot dialect 

 as spoken in Bauco, with the exception of libtong. The root of panlitonan 

 is a Bauco form, although the word itself is not used by the Igorots of the 

 township of Bauco. Libtong is an Ilocano word meaning a pond, marsh, 

 or swampy place. The meaning of the words of the document that can be 

 identified by Father Vanoverbergh are as follows: 

 Atong. Heat. 



Panlitonan. This is a Cayan word, meaning the time when the palay heads. 

 Litun means pregnancy, but the term is applied, even in Bauco, to 

 palay; with the prefix pan and the suffix an it is used only in Cayan. 

 Deam. Rainy season. 

 J Cad. Thus accented, it means eight. 

 Lepas. A caiiao celebrated after the harvest. 

 Tegey. Coarse cloth. 

 Esec. Seed; is-ec, to sow. 



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