How to Write 'Year' in Baybayin Script (Pangasinan)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Pangasinan word year. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
PANGASINAN TRANSLATION
Year
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-O
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-O-N
Etymology
Directly inherited from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun, consistent with other northern Philippine languages.
ROOT WORD: TAON
tinon-taon
every year
man-taon
to take a year
pantaon
yearly
nantaon
happened on that year