alahoy

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === alahuy === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈhoj/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈhoɪ̯] (“hey”, interjection) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈhoj/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈhoɪ̯], /ˌʔalaˈhoj/ [ˌʔaː.lɐˈhoɪ̯] (“expression of disbelief; what?”, interjection) Rhymes: -oj Syllabification: a‧la‧hoy === Interjection === alahóy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓᜌ᜔) hey! (exclamation to get attention) Synonym: hoy === Interjection === alahóy or álahóy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓᜌ᜔) (Batangas) expression of disbelief or refusal upon hearing something unbelievable or unacceptable ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “alahoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “alahoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012), Diksyunaryong Batangueño‎[1] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 8