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.lɐkˈhak̚] Rhymes: -ak Syllabification: ha‧lak‧hak === Noun === halakhák (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜃ᜔ᜑᜃ᜔) loud laughter; guffaw Synonyms: hagalhal, hagakhak, hagalpak, galakgak ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “halakhak”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “halakhak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hakhak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI