How to Write 'Keen' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Keen. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Keen
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-La
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-La-S
Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root *talem, which means sharp or pointed.
ROOT WORD: TALAS
matalas
sharp or keen
patalasin
to sharpen
nagpapatalas
sharpening
katalasan
sharpness