How to Write 'Faith' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word faith. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Faith
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-Na-Na-Pa-La-Ta-Ya
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-Na-Na-M-Pa-La-Ta-Ya
Etymology
Derived from the Sanskrit 'sampratyaya', meaning trust or confidence, which entered Tagalog through Malay.
ROOT WORD: SAMPALATAYA
sumampalataya
to believe
mananampalataya
believer
pananampalatayanan
to have faith in something
isampalataya
to entrust