hukay

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“dig up something buried, disinter”). Compare Ilocano ukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhukaj/ [ˈhu.xaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ukaj
• Syllabification: hu‧kay

Noun

hukay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜌ᜔)

1. digging; excavation (on the ground)
2. pit in the ground (made by digging)
3. (figurative) grave; burial (on the ground)

   Synonym: libingan

Derived terms

• hukayan
• hukayin
• humukay
• ipaghukay
• ipanghukay
• maghuhukay
• maghukay
• mahukay
• makahukay
• manghuhukay
• paghuhukay
• panghukay

 

See also

• bungkal
• halukay
• kalaykay
• kaykay
• ukay

 

Further reading

• “hukay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary