ugkay

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Cebuano[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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
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