cowan
v · Ibaloi (Inibaloi, Nabaloi)
What does cowan mean in Ibaloi?
In Ibaloi, cowan is a verb meaning ‘say’. Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is an Austronesian language of Benguet province in the northern Philippines.
Source: Sofia Olga Anton, A Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language (2010).
Definition
- vsay
Inflections & forms
- icowan to say
- cowan ko I say
- cowan mi we say
- cowan mo you say
- cowan jo you say
- cowan to he/she says
- cowan sha they say
- incowan ko I said
- incowan mi we said
- incowan mo you said
- incowanjo you said
- incowan to he/she said
- incowan sha they said
- cowan ko no I thought that...
- cowan mi nem we thought that
- cowan mo no you thought that...
- cowan to nem he/she thought that
- cowan sha nem they thought that
About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 120,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family.