alak-alakan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alac alacan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌlak ʔalaˈkan/ [ʔɐˌlak ʔɐ.lɐˈxan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧lak-a‧la‧kan

Noun

alák-alakán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜀᜎᜃᜈ᜔) (anatomy)

1. poplit; ham; hock; back of the knee

Further reading

• “alak-alakan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “alak-alakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018