sagip
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀəp (“save, rescue”). Compare Cebuano sagop.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˈɡip/ [sɐˈɣɪp̚]
- Rhymes: -ip
- Syllabification: sa‧gip
Noun
sagíp (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜒᜉ᜔)
- act of snatching or grabbing something being carried away by the water current (with one's hand)
- (figurative) act of rescuing someone (from some danger or misfortune, especially drowning)
- Synonym: pagliligtas
- property salvaged (from water, fire, etc.)
- Synonym: nasagip
Derived terms
- masagip
- pagkasagip
- pagsagip
- pasagip
- sagipin
- sumagip
Further reading
- “sagip”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saRep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI