Bontok

[ bon-tok ]

noun

, plural Bon·toks, (especially collectively) Bon·tok.

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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But we did not tarry long, for Bontok was still some miles away.

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While our friends the Ifugaos were, on the whole, a quiet lot, these Bontok people seemed to be fond of making a noise, of shouting, of loud laughter.

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The practice of head-hunting still exists in the Bontok country, though the steady discouragement of the Government is beginning to tell.

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