owak

See also: Owak

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

1. crow (bird)

Botolan Sambal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

1. crow (bird)

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

1. crow (bird)

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovakъ. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔvak/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔvak/

Adverb

owak

1. otherwise, differently; in a different way

   Synonyms: inaczej, inak, inakli, inako, inakoć

   • 1874-1891 [Fifteenth century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[1], [2], [3]}, volume XXII, page 320:

     Custos dei angelus, qui et in sompnis et aliquando in vigilia iam sic iam aliter, y thak y owak, hominem amonet

     [Custos dei angelus, qui et in sompnis et aliquando in vigilia iam sic iam aliter, i tak i owak, hominem amonet]

Related terms

adjective

• owaki

 

Descendants

• Polish: owak

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “owak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish owak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vak/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vak/
• Rhymes: -ɔvak
• Syllabification: o‧wak

Adverb

owak (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, now only in tak czy owak) otherwise, differently; in a different way

   Synonym: inaczej

2. (Middle Polish) any which way
3. (Middle Polish) in the aforementioned manner

Derived terms

adverb

• tak czy owak

 

Further reading

• owak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “owak”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “OWAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.10.2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[5]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 915
• owak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

1. crow (bird)

Yakan

Noun

owak

1. crow