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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 ᜉᜁᜊᜒ
Breakdown: Pa-Ibi
Modern Writing Method ᜉᜄ᜔ᜁᜊᜒᜄ᜔
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