uwi

See also: uwĭ and ʻuwī

Esmeralda

Noun

uwi

1. Alternative form of uvve

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: úvve (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941), uwi

Javanese

Romanization

uwi

1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦮꦶ

Lindu

Noun

uwi

1. sweet potato

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• (Rālik) iuwi

Pronunciation

• (Rālik) IPA^(key): [i̯uːwi], (enunciated) [i̯u wi]

• (Ratak) IPA^(key): [wuːwi], (enunciated) [wu wi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wwij/
• Bender phonemes: {wwiy}

Noun

uwi

1. the smell of cooking fish
2. deliciousness (of fish)

Verb

uwi

1. to be delicious (of fish)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• oui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and fro”). Compare Pangasinan oli, Kapampangan uli, Bikol Central uli, Calamian Tagbanwa ulik, Cebuano uli, Tboli ulek, Tausug uwi', and Javanese ꦲꦸꦭꦶꦃ (ulih). Doublet of uli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈiʔ/, [ʔʊˈiʔ]

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈeʔ/, [ʔʊˈɛʔ]

• (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuiʔ/, [ˈʔu.ɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: u‧wi

Noun

uwî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒ)

1. act of returning home (or one's hometown, province, country, etc.)
2. anything brought home by someone (especially from a trip)

   Synonym: pasalubong

Derived terms

• iuwi
• mag-uwi
• makauwi
• mauwi
• pag-uwi
• pagpapauwi
• pauwi
• pauwiin
• umuwi
• uwian

 

Further reading

• “uwi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018