sagip

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀəp (“save, rescue”). Compare Cebuano sagop.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈɡip/ [sɐˈɣip]
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: sa‧gip

Noun

sagíp (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜒᜉ᜔)

1. act of snatching or grabbing something being carried away by the water current (with one's hand)
2. (figurative) act of rescuing someone (from some danger or misfortune, especially drowning)

   Synonym: pagliligtas

3. 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