arag-arag
English: Translation
people clamoring for help in the face of an emergency
Bikol: Translation
clamor for help; cry out for assistance
English: Definition
For people facing danger, accident, disaster, confrontation, or another emergency to call out urgently, repeatedly, or simultaneously for help, rescue, assistance, or intervention.
Part of Speech
verb
Custom tags
half-stop
Notes
SEMANTIC DOMAIN
Speech and communication; Emergency; Social interaction
NOTES
The defining feature is not simply loud shouting, but an urgent appeal for intervention or assistance.
The form is presently best treated as a separate lexical item from arag “tang.” Formal resemblance alone does not establish derivation.
There is, however, a useful semantic association with sarag:
- arag-arag — urgently calls for intervention.
- sarag — intercepts, catches, blocks, or supports against danger.
RELATED ENTRIES
- sarag — See also
- arag — See also
Linguistic History
Relationship to arag or sarag remains undetermined. No derivation should presently be asserted.