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Bolinao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak
Noun
owak
- crow (bird)
Botolan Sambal
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak
Noun
owak
- crow (bird)
Karao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *uak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak.
Noun
owak
- crow (bird)
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovakъ. First attested in the fifteenth century.
Pronunciation
Adverb
owak
- 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]
Descendants
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 (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish owak.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔvak
- Syllabification: o‧wak
Adverb
owak (not comparable)
- (obsolete, now only in tak czy owak) otherwise, differently; in a different way
- Synonym: inaczej
- (Middle Polish) any which way
- (Middle Polish) in the aforementioned manner
Derived terms
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
- “OWAK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku, 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
- crow (bird)
Yakan
Noun
owak
- crow