hagik
hágik with stress marks
sound of breathing/snoring
Usage Note
Hagik is an onomatopoeic word capturing the raspy, rattling sound of labored breathing or loud snoring, often implying something slightly comical or exaggerated. Used in everyday storytelling to describe a heavy sleeper or someone exhausted, it occasionally appears in medical contexts to describe rough respiratory sounds.
Examples
" May hagik siya kapag tulog. "
Natural Translation
He makes a snoring sound when asleep.
Literal Translation
Has snoring-sound he when asleep.
" Malakas ang hagik sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
The sound of snoring is loud at night.
Literal Translation
Loud the sound-of-breathing at night.
" Hindi ako makatulog sa kuwarto dahil sa malakas na hagik ng kapatid kong pagod na pagod. "
Natural Translation
I can't sleep in the room because of the loud snoring of my brother, who is utterly exhausted.
Literal Translation
Not I can-sleep in-the room because of-the loud snoring of-the sibling my tired very tired.
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