How to Write 'Beautiful' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word beautiful. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
Beautiful
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Hu
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Hu-M
Etymology
From the root 'tahum', a native Visayan term for aesthetic beauty and grace.
ROOT WORD: TAHUM
katahum
beauty
nagatahum
becoming beautiful
itahum
to make beautiful
kinatahum
loveliness