palakpak

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Alternative forms

• parakpak

Etymology

From pakpak +‎ -al-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧lak‧pak
• IPA^(key): /paˈlakpak/, [paˈl̪ak.pak]

Noun

palákpak

1. clap, applause

   Synonym: upak

Derived terms

• magpalakpak
• palakpakan

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palacpac — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Probably related to pakpak, pagakpak, and a fossilized infix *-al-. The fossilized -*al- infix is possibly related to Malay -el- infix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palakˈpak/, [pɐ.lɐkˈpak]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lak‧pak

Noun

palakpák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜃ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔)

1. clap
2. (music) ratchet; rattle for scaring birds

   Synonyms: palango, matraka, pakanlog

Derived terms

• ipalakpak
• ipampalakpak
• magpalakpak
• mamalakpak
• palakpakan
• palakpakin
• pumalakpak

 

See also

• pakalog

Further reading

• “palakpak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 409: “Matraca) Palacpac (pc) para es pantar pajaros hazen la de vna caña hendida de çierta manera.”