How to Write 'UNO' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word UNO. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
UNO
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-Sa
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-Sa
Etymology
Directly descended from Proto-Austronesian *isa, shared across many Philippine languages.
ROOT WORD: ISA
naga-isahanon
being solitary
pangkaisa
unity
maka-isa
once
isaisa
one each