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utak
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
útak (Basahan spelling ᜂᜆᜃ᜔) (Tagalog-influenced)
- (anatomy) brain
- Synonym: hutok
- (figuratively) intelligence, intellect
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
utak
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *eták.
Pronunciation
Noun
uták
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
utak
- nominative plural of út
Javanese
Alternative forms
- utěk
Etymology
From Malay utak, from Proto-Malayic *utək, *utak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək, *qutak.
Noun
utak
Kapampangan
Pronunciation
Noun
utak
Descendants
- → Tagalog: utak
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
Tagalog
Etymology
Most likely borrowed from Kapampangan utak (due to Proto-Philippine *ə becoming Tagalog *i, which would be *utik if inherited directly from Proto-Philippine), from Proto-Philippine *hutək (cf. Ibatan hotek, Ilocano utek, Pangasinan otek, Kapampangan utak, Bikol Central hutok, Cebuano utok, Tausug utuk), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hutək, *qutək (cf. Malay otak).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔutak/ [ˈʔuː.t̪ɐk̚]
- Rhymes: -utak
- Syllabification: u‧tak
Noun
utak (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜃ᜔)
- (anatomy) brain; encephalon
- Synonym: ensepalo
- (anatomy) bone marrow; medulla
- (figuratively) intellect; mental ability; intelligence; brains
- (figuratively) mastermind
- Synonym: puno
Derived terms
- mababaw ang utak
- mataba ang utak
- mautak
- mautakan
- may-utak
- sabaw ang utak
- utak sa buto
- utak-lamok
- utakan
- utakin
- walang utak
Further reading
- “utak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
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Noun
uták
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