How to Write 'Death' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Death. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Death
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Ma-Ta-Ya
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Ma-Ta-Ya-N
Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *m-atay (to die) with the circumfix ka- -an signifying a state or condition.
ROOT WORD: PATAY
mamatay
to die
namatay
died
pamatay
lethal or killer
pagkamatay
the act of dying