uuk
See also: UUK
Marshallese
Pronunciation
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [wuːk], (enunciated) [wuuk]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /wiwik/
- Bender phonemes: {wiwik}
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English oak, from Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Noun
uuk
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- uuki
Verb
uuk
- to blow
References
Palauan
Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *wuki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puki, from Proto-Austronesian *puki.
Noun
uuk
References
- uuk in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- uuk in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- uuk in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 348.
