hagikhik

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hagikgik

Etymology

From *hikhik +‎ *-ag-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikhik (“snicker, giggle; high-pitched laughter”). Compare agik-ik.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haɡikˈhik/ [hɐ.ɣɪkˈhik̚]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: ha‧gik‧hik

Noun

hagikhík (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜄᜒᜃ᜔ᜑᜒᜃ᜔)

1. outburst of suppressed laughter; snicker

   Synonyms: halikhik, alikik

2. sound of sipping liquid

   Synonym: hithit

Derived terms

• hagikhikan
• humagikhik
• maghagikhik
• maghagikhikan
• mapahagikhik
• paghagikhik

 

See also

• hagakhak

 

Further reading

• “hagikhik” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “hagikhik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 565
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 465
• Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño‎^[2] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 158
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 147
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hikhik”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI