uwi

== Esmeralda == === Noun === uwi 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 == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Javanese huwi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. === Noun === uwi yam, various tubers === References === "uwi" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939 == Lindu == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi. === Noun === uwi sweet potato == Marshallese == === Alternative forms === iuwi (Rālik) === Pronunciation === (Rālik) IPA(key): [i̯uːwi], (enunciated) [i̯u wi] (Ratak) IPA(key): [wuːwi], (enunciated) [wu wi] (phonemic) IPA(key): /wwij/ Bender phonemes: {wwiy} === Noun === uwi the smell of cooking fish deliciousness (of fish) === Verb === uwi to be delicious (of fish) === References === Marshallese–English Online Dictionary == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === oui — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling owi — obsolete === 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, Central Bikol uli, Calamian Tagbanwa ulik, Cebuano uli, Tboli ulek, Tausug uwi', Coastal Kadazan uhi and Javanese ꦲꦸꦭꦶꦃ (ulih). Doublet of uli. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔuˈiʔ/ [ʔʊˈɪʔ], (colloquial) /ʔuˈeʔ/ [ʔʊˈɛʔ] Rhymes: -iʔ (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔuiʔ/ [ˈʔuː.ɪʔ] Rhymes: -uiʔ Syllabification: u‧wi === Noun === uwî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒ) act of returning home (on one's hometown, province, country, etc.) anything brought home by someone (especially from a trip) Synonym: pasalubong ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “uwi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018