How to Write 'Water' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word Water. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Water
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Tu-Bi
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Tu-Bi-G
Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Austronesian *tubaR, standard in Central Philippine languages.
ROOT WORD: TUBIG
tubigan
to water a plant
matubig
watery
itubig
to use water for
tinubigan
puddle