owak

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Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

  1. crow (bird)

Botolan Sambal

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

  1. crow (bird)

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak.

Noun

owak

  1. crow (bird)

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovakъ. First attested in the fifteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔvak/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔvak/

Adverb

owak

  1. otherwise, differently; in a different way
    Synonyms: inaczej, inak, inakli, inako, inakoć
    • 1874-1891 [Fifteenth century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎, , , volume XXII, page 320:
      Custos dei angelus, qui et in sompnis et aliquando in vigilia iam sic iam aliter, y thak y owak, hominem amonet
      [Custos dei angelus, qui et in sompnis et aliquando in vigilia iam sic iam aliter, i tak i owak, hominem amonet]
adjective

Descendants

  • Polish: owak

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “owak”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish owak.

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ɔvak
  • Syllabification: o‧wak

Adverb

owak (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, now only in tak czy owak) otherwise, differently; in a different way
    Synonym: inaczej
  2. (Middle Polish) any which way
  3. (Middle Polish) in the aforementioned manner

Derived terms

adverb

References

Further reading

  • owak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “owak”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “OWAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.10.2008
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “owak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 915
  • owak in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak

Noun

owak

  1. crow (bird)

Yakan

Noun

owak

  1. crow
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