The instrument used for tattooing is called "cha-kay'-YUM."
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
It consists of from four to ten commercial steel needles inserted in a straight line in the end of a wooden handle; "cha-kay'-YUM" is also the word for needle.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
It is by no means certain that the sun and moon are implied in the 6th YUM.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque