# uka
## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔuˈkaʔ]
* Hyphenation: u‧ka

### Noun

ukâ (Basahan spelling ᜂᜃ)
* wail, wailing
    Synonyms: ngaringi, agagha, haya

#### Derived terms

* mag-uka
* pauka
* ukaan

## Bunun
### Verb

uka
* not have

## Ese
### Noun

uka
* bird
* headdress

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *quta (compare with Maori uta and Tongan ʻuta), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan (compare with Malay hutan (“jungle, forest”) and Iban utan (“ibid.”)), from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN (“scrubland, bush”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kə]

### Noun

uka
* inland (interior part of a country)

### Adverb

uka
* towards the mountain

#### Derived terms

* mauka

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “uka”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 365
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “quta.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2003) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 238

## Japanese
### Romanization

uka
* Rōmaji transcription of うか

## Kuna
### Noun

uka
* (anatomy) skin

## Maori
### Etymology

Compare with Samoan uʻa and Tongan uka. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Adjective

uka
* hard
* firm, solid

### Derived terms

* ukauka
* whakauka

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 574
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “uka.c”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “uka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 547
* “uka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Nheengatu
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi oka, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷ.
Cognate with Brazilian Portuguese oca and Paraguayan Guaraní óga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.ka/, [ˈu.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -uka
* Hyphenation: u‧ka
* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Noun

uka (IIc class pluriform, plural uka-itá, absolute uka, R1 ruka, R2 suka)
* house
* home
    Ixé uka upé.I'm home!
* nest (place used by an animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)

#### Related terms

* ira-ruka
* iraúka
* itaúka
* mukawaúka
* murasí-ruka
* pusanga-ruka
* tamarakaúka
* tapurú-ruka
* tupana-ruka
* tupauku
* tupã-ruka-mirĩ
* uka penasawa
* uka-akanga
* uka-iwa
* uka-pitasukawa
* uka-pupekasara
* uka-rawa
* wasaí-ukapura
* yapuna-ruka
* yumbuesara-ruka

### References

* ↑ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “uka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 785

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* uken

### Noun

uka m or f
* definite feminine singular of uke

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔuˈkaʔ/ [ʔʊˈxaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: u‧ka

### Noun

ukâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ)
* crack (break on a surface)
    Synonym: bitak

### Anagrams

* kau, Kua

## Uzbek
### Noun

uka (plural ukalar)
* younger brother