uka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uka"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Kaburi with u and ka interchanged.

Symbol

uka

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kaburi.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kaburi terms

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔuˈkaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: u‧ka

Noun

ukâ (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃ)

  1. wail, wailing
    Synonyms: ngaringi, agagha, haya

Derived terms

Bunun

Verb

uka

  1. not have

Ese

Noun

uka

  1. bird
  2. headdress

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Maori uta and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kə]

Noun

uka

  1. inland (interior part of a country)

Adverb

uka

  1. towards the mountain

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 365
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “quta.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2003) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 238

Japanese

Romanization

uka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うか

Kuna

Noun

uka

  1. (anatomy) skin

Maori

Etymology

Compare with Samoan uʻa and Tongan uka.[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

uka

  1. hard
  2. firm, solid

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 574
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “uka.c”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “uka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 547
  • “uka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi oka, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷ.[1]

Cognate with Brazilian Portuguese oca and Paraguayan Guaraní óga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Hyphenation: u‧ka

Noun

uka (IIc class pluriform, plural uka-itá, absolute uka, R1 ruka, R2 suka)

  1. house
  2. home
    Ixé uka upé.
    I'm home!
  3. nest (place used by an animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)
  • ira-ruka
  • iraúka
  • itaúka
  • mukawaúka
  • murasí-ruka
  • pusanga-ruka
  • tamarakaúka
  • tapurú-ruka
  • tupana-ruka
  • tupauku
  • tupã-ruka-mirĩ
  • uka penasawa
  • uka-akanga
  • uka-iwa
  • uka-pitasukawa
  • uka-pupekasara
  • uka-rawa
  • wasaí-ukapura
  • yapuna-ruka
  • yumbuesara-ruka

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “uka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 785

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

uka m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of uke

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔʊˈxaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: u‧ka

Noun

ukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ)

  1. crack (break on a surface)
    Synonym: bitak

Anagrams

Uzbek

Noun

uka (plural ukalar)

  1. younger brother
    Synonym: ini
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