ugkay

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ukay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ug‧kay
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuɡkaj/, [ˈʔuɡ.kɐɪ̯]

Noun

ugkay (Badlit spelling ᜂᜄ᜔ᜃᜌ᜔)

1. act of digging up; excavating; turning up; unearthing; uncovering
2. act of ransacking; rummaging; turning over
3. act of stirring; mixing
4. act of homewrecking

Derived terms

• mag-ugkay
• maugkay
• muugkay
• ugkayun

 

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 (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary