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

  1. oak

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • uuki

Verb

uuk

  1. to blow

References

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