palakpak

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• parakpak

Etymology

From pakpak +‎ -al-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧lak‧pak
• IPA^(key): /paˈlakpak/ [paˈl̪ak.pak]

Noun

palákpak

1. clap, applause

   Synonym: upak

Derived terms

• magpalakpak
• palakpakan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• palacpac — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Probably related to pakpak, pagakpak, and a fossilized infix *-al-. The fossilized -*al- infix is possibly related to Malay -el- infix.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palakˈpak/ [pɐ.lɐkˈpak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: pa‧lak‧pak
• Homophone: Palacpac

Noun

palakpák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜃ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔)

1. clap
2. (music) ratchet; rattle for scaring birds

   Synonyms: palango, matraka, pakanlog

Derived terms

• ipalakpak
• ipampalakpak
• magpalakpak
• mamalakpak
• palakpakan
• palakpakin
• pumalakpak

See also

• pakalog

Further reading

• “palakpak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (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 409: “Matraca) Palacpac (pc) para es pantar pajaros hazen la de vna caña hendida de çierta manera.”