How to Write 'Life' in Baybayin Script (Ilocano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Ilocano word life. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
ILOCANO TRANSLATION
Life
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Bi-A
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Bi-A-G
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaŋ, related to the concept of existence and breath.
ROOT WORD: BIAG
agbiag
to live
nagbiag
lived
pagbiagan
source of life
mabiag
to be revived