ukay

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Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈkaj/ [ʔuˈkaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: u‧kay

Noun

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ukáy (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) monkey
    Synonyms: kabalang, amo

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: u‧kay
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔukaj/ [ˈʔu.kɐɪ̯]

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (to dig up something buried; to disinter). Compare Ilocano ukay, Tagalog hukay, and Malay ungkai.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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ukay (Badlit spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. act of stirring; mixing (moving around the particles of a liquid, etc.)
  2. something to stir with
  3. act of plowing lightly (especially a second time, across existing furrows)
  4. act of rummaging; uncovering; turning over; ransacking (to find something by turning things upside down)
  5. act of causing a stir; causing a commotion; causing a disturbance
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English okay.

Interjection

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úkay

  1. Alternative form of uki

References

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  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hukay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ilocano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (dig up something buried, disinter). Compare Tagalog hukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈkaj/ [ʔuˈkaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: u‧kay

Noun

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ukáy

  1. loosening the earth of seedbeds

Derived terms

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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hukay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Possibly an ellipsis of ukay-ukay or from Cebuano ukay / ugkay. Compare Tagalog hukay or halukay.

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Noun

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ukay (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. act of digging, turning over and back (either in search of something or to mix well)
    Synonym: halukay
  2. Synonym of ukay-ukay
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. creeping-rolling motion of a snake
    Synonyms: pag-ukay, gapang
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • ukay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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