Bontok

American  

[bon-tok] / bɒnˈtɒk /

noun

plural

Bontoks,

plural

Bontok

1. a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.

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Example Sentences

In the central mountain region, a great area with several subdivisions, the “Bontok”; and southeast, occupying the former Comandancia of Kiangan, the “Ifugao.”

From Project Gutenberg

North of Bontok are the “Tinglayan,” the “Tinggian” or “Itnig,” the “Kalinga,” and “Apayao” areas, and perhaps others.

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But it is the practice to distinguish the various elements of this great family by different names, restricting the term “Igorot” to special branches, as Benguet Igorot, Bontok Igorot, meaning those who live in Benguet or Bontok.

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Our column was to be increased by a party of Ifugaos, whom, with a head man named Comhit, Gallman wished to take through the Bontok into the Kalinga country.

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From Banawe we rode to Bontok, thirty-five miles, in one day, May 7th.

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