How to Write 'Pag-ibig' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word pag-ibig. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Pag-ibig
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-Ibi
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pa-G-I-Bi-G
Etymology
From the root word 'ibig' which is an Old Tagalog term for desire or fondness, evolving into the abstract noun for love.
ROOT WORD: IBIG
umibig
to fall in love
iniibig
being loved
ibigin
to love someone
pag-ibig
the act of loving