alak-alakan
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
alacalacan, alac alacan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
alakalakan
=== 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)
poplit; ham; hock; back of the knee
Synonym: lilignan
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“alak-alakan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“alak-alakan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 188: “Corba) Alac alacan (pc) de la pierna de bajo de la rodilla”