haka-haka

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of haka.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌhakaʔ ˈhakaʔ/ [ˌhaː.xɐʔ ˈhaː.xɐʔ]
    • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /ˌhaka(ʔ) ˈhakaʔ/ [ˌhaː.xaː ˈhaː.xɐʔ]
  • IPA^(key): /haˌka ˈhakaʔ/ [hɐˌxa ˈhaː.xɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -akaʔ
• Syllabification: ha‧ka-ha‧ka

Noun

hakà-hakà or haká-hakà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜃᜑᜃ)

1. suspicion; conjecture; presumption

   Synonyms: pala-palagay, hula-hula, kuro-kuro