uuk
Marshallese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wuːk], (enunciated) [wuuk]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wiwik/
- Bender phonemes: {wiwik}
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English oak, from Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Noun edit
uuk
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
uuk
- to blow