This word has the power of two distinct meanings: the one is the smell or improper and unnatural vapor that a person or object exhales or evaporates; agalusonáca, you smell of onions; agarasá ti bing̃a, the pot smells of crabs: the second meaning is to show the place or measure of the depth of a thing; agattengngéd ti danúm iti pagbalioan, in the ford of the river the water reaches up to the neck.
When the root begins with a consonant this is usually duplicated, and when it begins with a vowel a t is usually added for good pronunciation.