How to Write 'Year' in Baybayin Script (Waray)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Waray word year. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
WARAY TRANSLATION
Year
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Tu-I
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Tu-I-G
Etymology
From the Proto-Austronesian *taqun, adapted through Visayan linguistic shifts to signify a year.
ROOT WORD: TUIG
tinuig
yearly
pantuig
per year
katuigan
years
nagtuig
completed a year