uwi

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See also: uwĭ and ʻuwī

Esmeralda

Noun

uwi

  1. Alternative form of uvve

References

  • Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: "uwi o uwe en esmeraldeño"
  • Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: úvve (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941), uwi

Javanese

Romanization

uwi

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦮꦶ

Lindu

Noun

uwi

  1. sweet potato

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

uwi

  1. the smell of cooking fish
  2. deliciousness (of fish)

Verb

uwi

  1. to be delicious (of fish)

References

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and fro”). Compare Pangasinan oli, Kapampangan uli, Bikol Central uli, Calamian Tagbanwa ulik, Cebuano uli, Tboli ulek, Tausug uwi', and Javanese ꦲꦸꦭꦶꦃ (ulih). Doublet of uli.

Pronunciation

  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʔuˈeʔ/,

Noun

uwî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒ)

  1. act of returning home (or one's hometown, province, country, etc.)
  2. anything brought home by someone (especially from a trip)
    Synonym: pasalubong

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “uwi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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