How to Write 'Smile' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word smile. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Smile
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ngi-Ti
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ngi-Ti
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋisí, meaning to show teeth or grin.
ROOT WORD: NGITI
ngumiti
to smile
ngingiti
will smile
nginitian
smiled at someone
pangiti
the way one smiles