hukay
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“dig up something buried, disinter”). Compare Ilocano ukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhukaj/ [ˈhu.xaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ukaj
- Syllabification: hu‧kay
Noun[edit]
hukay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜌ᜔)
- digging; excavation (on the ground)
- pit in the ground (made by digging)
- (figurative) grave; burial (on the ground)
- Synonym: libingan
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Categories:
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ukaj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ukaj/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script