How to Write 'Hope' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Hope. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Hope
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-Asa
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-G-A-Sa
Etymology
From the root word *asa* (to hope, expect) with the nominalizing prefix *pag-*. This is cognate to Malay 'asa'.