sagonson
Semantic Domain
Movement; Search and investigation; Social interaction; Travel
Usage 1
Sagonsona daw na yo agin ta da’pa baga.
“Go back along the way and check where the child is now, because he or she is still not here.”
A slightly fuller contextual translation would be:
“Go and check along the child’s expected route, since he or she has not arrived yet.”
Usage 2
Sinagonson ko, di’ko makita.
“I retraced the route looking for him or her, but I was unable to find him or her.”
Or:
“I checked all along the way, but I did not see him or her.”
Morphology
sagonson — established lexical form associated semantically with sonson “follow an established pattern, course, or trace.”
sinagonson — perfective form: the actor went back and checked along the expected route.
The exact historical segmentation of sagonson should remain tentative until the function of sa- / sag- in this formation is securely established. The semantic relationship to sonson is strong, but the entry should not present an uncertain morphological derivation as settled fact.
Notes
Sagonson is used especially when:
- a child, family member, traveler, or companion is overdue;
- the person’s point of departure is known;
- the expected route is familiar;
- the person is presumed to be coming but may have stopped, slowed down, or encountered difficulty;
- someone is sent to meet or check on the person by going backward along that route.
It can carry a pragmatic implication of concern, but concern is contextual rather than necessarily part of the lexical meaning. The immediate purpose may simply be to determine the person’s present location.
Compare
anap
To search for or try to locate someone or something. The target’s location and route may both be unknown.
sagonson
To check backward along a known route for an expected but overdue person.
sonson
To reproduce or proceed according to an established pattern, utterance, marking, or track.
sosog
To trace ancestry, origins, prior movements, relationships, or evidence backward toward their source.
Related entries
sonson; sosog; anap
Custom tags
verified; inherited usage; elder speech; movement; culturally specific
Source
Boie’nen elder usage recalled and supplied by Alfonso T. Claveria; speaker knowledge and family/community usage.