How to Write 'Tattoo' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word tattoo. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
Tattoo
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-To
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-To
Etymology
A loanword from Spanish 'tatuaje', which itself comes from the Polynesian 'tatau'.
ROOT WORD: TATO
magpatato
to have a tattoo made
tinato
tattooed something
tatoan
to tattoo a specific area
nagatato
currently tattooing