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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from hukay or lukay.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /haˈlukaj/ (“rummaging; determined search; repeated mixing”, noun)
- IPA(key): /haluˈkaj/ (“rummaged-through, well-searched”, adjective)
- Syllabification: ha‧lu‧kay
Noun
halukay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜃᜌ᜔)
- rummaging; turning over of things (in searching for something in a container)
- Synonyms: halungkat, paghalungkat, paghahalungkat
- determined search of something needed badly
- mixing by stirring or turning up and down repeatedly
Derived terms
Adjective
halukáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜃᜌ᜔)
- turned over (referring to things in a container)
- Synonym: halungkat
- well-searched (of a place)
- Synonym: halughog