hukay
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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/ [ˈhuː.xaɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ukaj
- Syllabification: hu‧kay
Noun
hukay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜌ᜔)
- digging; excavation (on the ground)
- pit in the ground (made by digging)
- (figurative) grave; burial (on the ground)
- Synonym: libingan
Derived terms
- hukayan
- hukayin
- humukay
- ipaghukay
- ipanghukay
- maghuhukay
- maghukay
- mahukay
- makahukay
- manghuhukay
- paghuhukay
- panghukay
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