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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.

Noun

uwi

1. sweet potato

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• (Rālik) iuwi

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

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• oui — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• 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, Bikol Central 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/ [ʔʊˈiʔ], (colloquial) /ʔuˈeʔ/ [ʔʊˈɛʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
• (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuiʔ/ [ˈʔuː.ɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uiʔ
• Syllabification: u‧wi

Noun

uwî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒ)

1. act of returning home (on one's hometown, province, country, etc.)
2. anything brought home by someone (especially from a trip)

   Synonym: pasalubong

Derived terms

• iuwi
• mag-uwi
• makauwi
• mauwi
• pag-uwi
• pagpapauwi
• pauwi
• pauwiin
• umuwi
• uwian

 

Further reading

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