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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhukaj/, [ˈhu.xaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧kay

Noun[edit]

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

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Further reading[edit]

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