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kapoan or kapoanan
The beginning or start of something, as a letter or story.
Empiyan i ikafom so na obdam? [this is Ibaloi, I think]
When will you start your work/job?
pengikepoan or kepoan/ engikafoan
A place where something starts.
Toy pengikepoan ko i? or Toy kepoan ko i?
Where will I start?
Chithan i pengikepoan mo.
There is where you will start.
Ikafom chithan.
I will start there.
Toy pengikepoan/kepoan na panbebtihan cha i?
Where will they start running from?
Toy engikapoan Paul na kasaba tho i?
Where did Paul start to preach?
To start.