How to Write 'HOME' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word HOME. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
HOME
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ba-La
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ba-La-Y
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *balay, signifying a structural residence.
ROOT WORD: BALAY
panimalay
household
balayon
to construct
kabalayan
a cluster of houses
magbalay
to live in a house