utak
Bikol Central edit
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útak (Basahan spelling ᜂᜆᜃ᜔) (Tagalog-influenced)
- (anatomy) brain
- Synonym: hutok
- (figuratively) intelligence, intellect
Dupaningan Agta edit
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utak
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *eták.
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uták
Hungarian edit
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utak
- nominative plural of út
Javanese edit
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Etymology edit
From Malay utak, from Proto-Malayic *utək, *utak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək, *qutak.
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utak
Kapampangan edit
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utak
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: utak
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *utək, *utak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək, *qutak.
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utak
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Most likely borrowed from Kapampangan utak (due to Proto-Philippine *ə becoming Tagalog *i, which would be *utik if inherited directly from Proto-Philippine), from Proto-Philippine *hutək (cf. Ibatan hotek, Ilocano utek, Pangasinan otek, Kapampangan utak, Bikol Central hutok, Cebuano utok, Tausug utuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək (cf. Malay otak).
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utak (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜃ᜔)
- (anatomy) brain; encephalon
- Synonym: ensepalo
- (anatomy) bone marrow; medulla
- (figuratively) intellect; mental ability; intelligence; brains
- (figuratively) mastermind
- Synonym: puno
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Further reading edit
- “utak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Yogad edit
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uták