What Is The Filipino Term or Tagalog Word for Storm Surge [NETIZENS REACT]
Netizens can't help but react to this issue: Correct Filipino or Tagalog Word For Storm Surge Reacts are mixed from outrageous and crazy to the just plain wacky and funny. Let us know what you think about this issue. Just hit the comment section below. Arcee Suarez says, "ALAB NG ALON is my suggestion Dante Torio says, "Storm surge = delubyong daluyon Benjamin Vallejo Jr. says, "If there is already a word in the Philippine languages with the appropriate meaning, why create a new one? "Silakbo" has very little to do with oceanographic phenomenon but with the more intangible, like emotions. "Humbak" and "daluyong" specifically deal with oceanographic phenomena and this is within the objective meaning given to it by coastal communities. Again as I have suggested in my recent Rappler essay on the issue and using, this creation of new meaning cannot be left to scientists alone but to coastal communities. This will involve no...