haka-haka

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Reduplication of haka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. suspicion; conjecture; presumption
    Synonyms: pala-palagay, hula-hula, kuro-kuro