arabayan

pagkaarabayan

Root: abay

Morphological analysis: pagka- + arabay + -an
Compare abay → arabay, with arabay functioning as a plural/collective form in the Bikol domain.

Word class: Noun

English Translation: neighborhood; neighboring community; neighbors collectively

Definition:
The community of persons or households living beside or near one another; collectively, one’s neighbors or immediate residential community.

Literal semantic basis:
“those who are alongside one another” / “the community formed by people living side-by-side.”

Example:
Paki-inform nalang po ana pagkaarabayan.
“Please just inform the neighbors / the neighborhood.”

Etymological note:
Derived from abay, ultimately Proto-Philippine *abay “side by side.”