halakhak

Tagalog

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.lɐkˈhak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: ha‧lak‧hak

Noun

halakhák (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜃ᜔ᜑᜃ᜔)

1. loud laughter; guffaw

   Synonyms: hagalhal, hagakhak, hagalpak, galakgak

   Nagbigay ng malaking halakhak ang mga manonood sa hirit ng komedyante.

   The audience gave a big laugh at the comedian's stand-up.

Derived terms

• halakhakan
• halakhakin
• humalakhak
• mapahalakhak
• nasa kanya ang huling halakhak

 

See also

• galakgak
• tawa

 

Further reading

• “halakhak” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], 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