How to Write 'Life' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word life. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Life
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Bu-Ha
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Bu-Ha-Y
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *buha-i, meaning to live or be alive.
ROOT WORD: BUHAY
mabuhay
to live
binuhay
revived
kabuhayan
livelihood
nabubuhay
living