abukay

See also: Abukay

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog abukay.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧bu‧kay

Noun

abukay

  1. red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈbukaj/ [ʔaˈbu.kɐj]
  • Rhymes: -ukaj
  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧kay

Etymology 1

Noun

abukay (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. white
See also
  • lagti

Adjective

abukay (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. white
Derived terms
  • abukaynon
  • buaya abukaynon
See also
  • malagti

Etymology 2

Noun

abukay (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜳᜣᜬ᜴)

  1. a long white eggplant
See also

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 18

Hiligaynon

Verb

abúkan

  1. to rummage, to disturb the surface of

Ilocano

Alternative forms

  • abucay — obsolete

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧bu‧kay

Noun

abukay

  1. Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)
    Synonym: kalangay

Masbatenyo

Noun

abukay

  1. white parrot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈbukaj/ [ʔɐˈbuː.xaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ukaj
  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧kay
  • Homophone: Abucay

Noun

abukay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. white parrot
  2. (obsolete, specifically) Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)
    Synonym: kalangay

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabuˈkaj/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈxaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: a‧bu‧kay

Noun

abukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔)

  1. Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
    Synonyms: tigbi, luha-ni-moises

Further reading

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