How to Write 'Peace' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word Peace. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Peace
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-To-Ni-No-Nga
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-To-Ni-No-Nga-N
Etymology
From the root 'tonong' meaning to stop or to be still, implying the cessation of movement or noise.
ROOT WORD: TONONG
matoninong
peaceful
nagtonong
stopped
pakatoninongon
to pacify
pagtonong
the act of stopping