hukay

== Tagalog == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hukay (“dig up something buried, disinter”). Compare Ilocano ukay, Cebuano ugkay, and Malay ungkai. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhukaj/ [ˈhuː.xaɪ̯] Rhymes: -ukaj Syllabification: hu‧kay === Noun === hukay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜌ᜔) digging; excavation (on the ground) pit in the ground (made by digging) (figurative) grave; burial (on the ground) Synonym: libingan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “hukay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hukay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === hayku