alahoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈhoj/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈhoɪ̯] (“hey”, interjection)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈhoj/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈhoɪ̯], /ˌʔalaˈhoj/ [ˌʔaː.lɐˈhoɪ̯] (“expression of disbelief; what?”, interjection)
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧hoy

Interjection

alahóy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. hey! (exclamation to get attention)
    Synonym: hoy

Interjection

alahóy or álahóy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜑᜓᜌ᜔) (Batangas)

  1. expression of disbelief or refusal upon hearing something unbelievable or unacceptable
    Alahoy! Maniwala ka, sa sampu niyang sinabi, labing-isa ang mali!
    What, really?! Believe me, for the ten things he said, eleven are wrong!
    Alahoy! Kabulaanan naman iyon!
    Oh really?! That's just a lie.

See also

Further reading

  • “alahoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “alahoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño‎[1] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 8
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