Wiktionary

ukay

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ukáy (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

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

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

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
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English okay.

Interjection edit

úkay

  1. Alternative form of uki

References edit

  • 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 (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ukáy

  1. loosening the earth of seedbeds

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ukay (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. act of digging, turning over and back (either in search of something or to mix well)
    Synonym: halukay
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. creeping-rolling motion of a snake
    Synonyms: pag-ukay, gapang
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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