How to Write 'Smart' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word Smart. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Smart
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Li-No
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Li-No
Etymology
Derived from the root 'talino', which comes from the Proto-Philippine '*talinu', meaning skill or mental ability.
ROOT WORD: TALINO
tumalino
to become smart
pinakamatalino
smartest
katalinuhan
intelligence
magpakatalino
to act smart