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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“dig up something buried, disinter”). Compare Ilocano ukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhukaj/,
- Hyphenation: 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
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See also
Further reading
- “hukay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary