uwi

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

  • (Rālik) IPA(key): [i̯uːwi], (enunciated) [i̯u wi]
  • (Ratak) IPA(key): [wuːwi], (enunciated) [wu wi]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /wwij/
  • Bender phonemes: {wwiy}

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

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈiʔ/ [ʔʊˈiʔ]
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
    • Syllabification: u‧wi
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʔuˈeʔ/ [ʔʊˈɛʔ]
  • (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔuiʔ/ [ˈʔu.ɪʔ]
    • Rhymes: -uiʔ
    • Syllabification: u‧wi

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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