How to Write 'Strength' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word strength. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Strength
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
La-Ka
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
La-Ka-S
Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian '*lakas', which originally referred to energy or force.
ROOT WORD: LAKAS
malakas
strong
palakasin
to make something stronger
lumakas
to become strong
kalakasan
strength or peak power