ukay

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaj/, [ʔuˈkaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧kay

ukáy (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) monkey

   Synonyms: kabalang, amo

• Hyphenation: u‧kay
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔukaj/, [ˈʔu.kaɪ̯]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“to dig up something buried; to disinter”). Compare Ilocano ukay, Tagalog hukay, and Malay ungkai.

• ugkay

ukay (Badlit spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. act of stirring; mixing (moving around the particles of a liquid, etc.)
2. something to stir with
3. act of plowing lightly (especially a second time, across existing furrows)
4. act of rummaging; uncovering; turning over; ransacking (to find something by turning things upside down)
5. act of causing a stir; causing a commotion; causing a disturbance

Borrowed from English okay.

úkay

1. Alternative form of uki

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“dig up something buried, disinter”). Compare Tagalog hukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai.

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaj/, [ʔuˈkaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧kay

ukáy

1. loosening the earth of seedbeds

• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*hukay”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Possibly an ellipsis of ukay-ukay or from Cebuano ukay / ugkay. Compare Tagalog hukay or halukay.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔukaj/, [ˈʔu.xaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧kay

ukay (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. act of digging, turning over and back (either in search of something or to mix well)

   Synonym: halukay

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈkaj/, [ʔʊˈxaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: u‧kay

ukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃᜌ᜔)

1. creeping-rolling motion of a snake

   Synonyms: pag-ukay, gapang

• ocay — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

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