akay

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Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Tagalog akay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔakaj/
  • Rhymes: -akaj
  • Syllabification: a‧kay

Noun

akay (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. direction; guidance; aid; help

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 23

Quechua

Noun

akay

  1. excretion, defecation

Declension

Verb

akay

  1. (transitive) to defecate

Conjugation

See also

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ákay (to guide, direct the motion of someone or something, as a herd of animals). Compare Ilocano akay and Hanunoo akay.

Pronunciation

Noun

akay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. act of leading someone by hand
  2. (figurative) guidance; training

Adjective

akay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. led by hand
  2. (figurative) guided; led; trained (by someone)

Derived terms

References

  • akay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • akay”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ákay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Yami

Noun

akay

  1. grandfather