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Pre-Philippine Script Transliteration

How to Write 'Year' in Baybayin Script (Kapampangan)

Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Kapampangan word year. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.

KAPAMPANGAN TRANSLATION

Year

Traditional Writing Method ᜊᜈᜓᜏ
Breakdown: Ba-Nu-A
Modern Writing Method ᜊᜈᜓᜏ
Breakdown: Ba-Nu-A

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *banua, which originally meant land, settlement, or sky/heaven.

ROOT WORD: BANUA

pabanua every year
mabanua to reach a year
kabanuan the whole year
maka-banua for one year