halakhak
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Etymology
From *hakhak + *-al-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hakhak (“laugh loudly; loud or raucous laughter”). Possibly onomatopoeic in origin. Doublet of halikhik.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /halakˈhak/ [hɐ.lɐkˈhak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: ha‧lak‧hak
Noun
halakhák (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜃ᜔ᜑᜃ᜔)
Derived terms
- halakhakan
- halakhakin
- humalakhak
- mapahalakhak
- nasa kanya ang huling halakhak
See also
Further reading
- “halakhak” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “halakhak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hakhak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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