uuk

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [wuːk], (enunciated) [wuuk]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wiwik/
• Bender phonemes: {wiwik}

Etymology 1

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

uuk

1. oak

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• uuki

Verb

uuk

1. to blow

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary