ukay

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

ukáy (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) monkey

   Synonyms: kabalang, amo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ugkay

Noun

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

• igukay
• iukay
• maukay
• maukayan
• pag-ukay
• ugkay
• ukaya
• ukayun

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English okay.

Interjection

úkay

1. Alternative form of uki

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ukáy

1. loosening the earth of seedbeds

Derived terms

• ukayen

 

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔukaj/ [ˈʔuː.xaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ukaj
• Syllabification: u‧kay

Noun

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

• ukay-ukay

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaj/ [ʔʊˈxaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: u‧kay

Noun

ukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. creeping-rolling motion of a snake

   Synonyms: pag-ukay, gapang

Alternative forms

• ocay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Derived terms

• iukay
• mag-ukay
• mag-ukay-ukay
• ukay-ukay
• ukayan
• umukay

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• kuya, Kuya