How to Write 'Year' in Baybayin Script (Tagalog)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Tagalog word year. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION
Year
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-O
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ta-O-N
Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Austronesian *taqun, which originally referred to a season or a cycle of time.
ROOT WORD: TAON
taunan
annual
magtaon
to happen at the same time
nataon
happened by chance
pantaon
for a year