uwak
Aklanon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Noun
uwak
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈak/ [ʔuˈwak]
- Hyphenation: u‧wak
Noun
uwák (Basahan spelling ᜂᜏᜃ᜔)
See also
- sili-sili
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- oac, ooac — obsolete
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈwak/ [ʔʊˈwak]
- Hyphenation: u‧wak
Noun
uwák (Badlit spelling ᜂᜏᜃ᜔)
Ilocano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuˈwak/ [ʔuˈwak]
- Hyphenation: u‧wak
Noun
uwák (plural uwwak, Kur-itan spelling ᜂᜏᜃ᜔)
- (dialectal) alternative form of wak
Javanese
Romanization
uwak
- romanization of ꦲꦸꦮꦏ꧀
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.ˈwak/, [u.ˈwak]
Noun
uwak
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- ouac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”) (cf. Kapampangan auak, Cebuano uwak, Pangasinan wawak, Tausug uwak), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈak/ [ʔʊˈak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: u‧wak
Noun
uwák (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜃ᜔)
- birds of the genus Corvus such as crows and ravens (especially the large-billed crow, Corvus macrorhynchos)
- caw (of such a bird)
- (figurative) traitorous or gluttonous person
Derived terms
- daing-uwak
- hindi malipad ng uwak
- inuwak
- inuwakin
- itmong-uwak
- kalong-uwak
- ligong-uwak
- mag-inuwak
- mag-uwak
- melong-uwak
- naligo manding uwak
- pinag-uuwakan
- uwakin
Further reading
- “uwak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔuak/ [ʔʊˈak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: u‧wak
Noun
uwak (Sulat Sūg spelling اُوَكْ)
Yogad
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uak (“harsh cry; bellow; loud cry”), also onomatopoeic of the sound crows or ravens make.
Noun
uwák